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The Divide and Conquer Authoritarian / Plutocratic Threat
An explanation of the sophisticated divide-and-conquer strategies being used by aspiring plutocrats and authoritarians.
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Bad-Faith Actors and the Red/Blue/Gold Divide
Successfully dealing with intractable conflict requires distinguishing between good-faith and bad-faith actors (and between intentional and reluctant bad-faith actors) and then dealing with each group in a different way.
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Israel, Hamas, Evil, and the Bad-faith Actor Problem
From a conflict resolution and peacebuilding perspective, reflections on Hamas' horrific attack on Israel and the role that our field has played and could play in shaping this tragedy.
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Talking Peacebuilding and Democracy with Ashok Pannikar and Guy and Heidi Burgess
A report on a thought-provoking conversation that explored some of the most difficult challenges facing the peacebuilding field.
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U.S. Hyper Polarization---Over the Edge?
The escalation driving the US' hyperpolarized conflict is precariously close to crossing the violence threshold. The time to stop this is now.
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Addressing The "Grey Zone*" Warfare Threat to Negotiation
Reflections on the Seshat project's inquiry into the many different ways in which bad-faith actors are trying to sabotage efforts to find mutually beneficial solutions to common problems.
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The Ukrainian War: What Happens When You Have a War That Both Sides Absolutely, Positively Can't Afford to Lose?
A look at runaway escalation and what happens when people feel that they are enmeshed in a climactic battle that they simply cannot lose.
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Massively Parallel Peacebuilding vs. Massively Parallel Partisanship
As we work to build a massively parallel peacebuilding movement to limit hyper-polarization and protect democracy, we must be aware of other, more partisan massively parallel movements that are deepening our divisions.
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A Collective Strategy for Protecting Democracy from Bad-Faith Actors
For democracy to survive its citizens must be willing to work together to collectively defend it from all internal and external threats. This means resisting the temptation to do using anti-democratic strategies to advance one's partisan objectives.
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Challenges Posed by Bad-Faith Actors Who Who Are Trying to Profit by Undermining Collaboration and Power-with Democracy
Not everyone is making a good-faith effort to strengthen democracy and handle conflict constructively. There are many types of bad-faith actors who, for selfish reasons, deliberately try to inflame and exploit conflict.
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Expose and Delegitimize "Bad-Faith Actors"
Selfishly motivated bad-faith actors have developed a wide range of deceptive and sophisticated strategies for inflaming conflict and then profiting from the resulting conflagration. They can be weakened, however, by exposure and delegitimization.
Colleague Activities
Rise of American Radicalism: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
A Renew America Foundation study of extremist candidates running for public office in 2022.
News and Opinion
Trump's Threats of Violence