Fall 2019 Update Find out about recent improvements to Beyond Intractability including next steps for the Constructive Conflict Initiative and a new online MOOS seminar.
Extremists / Spoilers
Why Do Some People Become Spoilers?
Peter Coleman explains why some advocates may become "spoilers."
Terrence Lyons talks about the roles that diaspora populations can play both as spoilers and as dialogue participants.
Steve Power talks about how the parties likely to lose from a peaceful settlement between Ossetia and Georgia are spoiling the peace process.
Dennis Sandole explains that transitions between paradigms is very difficult and is often fraught with an upsurge in violence.
What Can Be Done to Address the Spoiler Problem?
William Steubner suggests that even after has a conflict has become ripe for negotiations, it may be difficult to "sell" to conflict profiteers or spoilers.
Larry Susskind talks about how to deal with spoilers during the convening process.
Frank Dukes talks about dealing with spoilers in mediation.
Brad Hayes talks about ways to deal with potential spoilers in development projects.
Our inability to constructively handle intractable conflict is the most serious, and the most neglected, problem facing humanity. Solving today's tough problems depends upon finding better ways of dealing with these conflicts. More...
Engineering and Medical Troubleshooting Models --
An argument that medicine not engineering offers a better model for dealing with the complexities of large-scale intractable conflict. conflict. #mbi_frontiers
The Constructive Conflict Imperative --
For students, an article explaining why the promotion more constructive approaches to conflict is central to solving all of society's big problems. #mbi_cci
Donations and Support Needed! --
Beyond Intractability is launching a Go Fund Me campaign to raise a little money to cover core program expenses. Please contribute what you can. #mbi_challenge