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Thinking about What Democracy's Winners and Losers Owe One Another
As we think about how to heal US democracy following the upcoming, and undoubtedly divisive election, we propose asking ourselves whether we are willing to treat the other side as we would like to be treated.
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Our Most Important Conflict: Coexisters vs. Fighters vs. Divide & Conquerors
The Frontiers Seminar looks at process and goal frames--some people want to coexist, others fight to win, while others fight to conquer.
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Introducing a Discussion with Bernie Mayer and Jackie Font Guzman about Neutrality and Related Matters
Introduction to what we hope will become a lengthy discussion about the nature of the challenges facing America and the role conflict resolution experts can and should play in addessing those challenges.
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The Evolutionary Choice: "Power With" or "Power Over"
Another extension of Boulding's theory of power. And its relevance today.
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The Return of "I'll Fight You for It" Rules
Based off a Jules Feiffer cartoon, this video examines the growing use of force and coercion to oppress others.
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Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess: Massively Parallel Peacebuilding vs. Massively Parallel Partisanship
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Saving Democracy and Biden's Challenge to the Conflict and Peacebuilding Fields -- Part I
An exploration of what we need to do to bend the arc of history back toward peace and democracy and away from autocracy, problem-solving paralysis, and civil strife.
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Saving Democracy and Biden's Challenge to the Conflict and Peacebuilding Fields -- Part 2
Democracy is a system for wisely, equitably, and nonviolently managing conflicts between people with deep cultural differences who are also in continuing competition for scarce resources.
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What Happens When We Have an Election That Both Sides Absolutely Positively Can't Afford to Lose?
For democracy to work, contending parties must have confidence that, even in defeat, they will have a livable future. The US doesn't now have that.
News and Opinion
Lawyering Up -- The dreadful predictability of how partisans react to political violence.
News and Opinion
Democracy Needs the Loser