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Reducing and Preventing Violent Conflict and Violence in the US: What Makes a Good Interaction Between Divided Groups and How to Ensure We "Do No Harm"?
Four expert conflict resolvers talk about the difficulties of talking across political divides and what to do about that.
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When Language Leads to Violence: How Can Peacebuilders Counter Dangerous Speech
A webinar held by Beyond Conflict describing what kinds of speech is likely to incite violence, and how such speech can be countered.
News and Opinion
The 14th Amendment Was Meant to Be a Protection Against State Violence
News and Opinion
We need to prepare for ongoing insurrectionary violence and address its root causes
BI Article
Early Warning
Based on similar efforts to predict natural disasters and crop yields, many have attempted to construct models to predict where conflict will erupt. This essay explores the difficulties in creating such a system.
BI Article
Interpersonal Conflict and Violence Prevention
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Sanctions: Diplomatic Tool, or Warfare by Other Means?
Sanctions are punishments that are used to try to influence other groups or nation-states' behaviors. Examples are embargoes and prohibitions from attending international events. This essay describes the pluses and minuses of using sanctions to influence another's behavior.
BI Article
Limiting Violence and Intimidation - For Practitioners - Violence Prevention Steps
A user guide to Beyond Intractability resources, highlighting things to think about and do at all stages of conflict from emergence to settlement.
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Threats, Intimidation, and Small Scale Violence
Intimidating and threatening people is a standard strategy for bad-faith actors, who take a "might-makes-right" approach to getting what they want. Sometimes the threats and intimidation turn into violence. Here we look at small-scale violence; next we will look at large-scale aggression, such as war.
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Preventing Small Scale Violence
One job of government is to assure the sense of security among its citizens. That means the government needs to do as much as it can to prevent violence that undermines its citizens' sense of security, although it cannot do so in a heavy-handed way that violates other people's rights.
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Conflict Early Warners
These are the people and groups that watch the news and warn of situations that are dangerous and likely to escalate into violence (or more violence if violence has already occurred).
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Dr. Joseph Bock and Team of Mediators Helping to Diffuse Political Violence Across U.S.
Kennesaw State peacebuilders describe their work defusing election violence in Kenya and now in the U.S.
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Don't Shoot! One Man, a Street Fellowship, and the End of Violence in Inner-City America
Using giant community meetings with gang members, drug dealers, cops and neighbors, David Kennedy has had remarkable success in reducing violent crime.
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This Man Says His Anti-violence Plan Would Save 12,000 Lives. Why aren't more cities using it?
Similar to Kennedy's anti-violence work, this article profiles the work of Thomas Abt who created GIVE: Gun Involved Violence Elimination.
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George Lakey on Using Nonviolence to Prevent a Coup
Multiple articles about preventing President Trump from mounting an authoritarian take over of America democracy.
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U.S. Election Violence Is Not Inevitable: How To Prevent It Before, During, And After November 3rd
A call for Americans to work together to prevent violence and address the accelerated conflict dynamics in the U.S surrounding the U.S. elections
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Police Face Backlash Over Virus Rules. Enter 'Violence Interrupters.'
Amid police/community tensions, an example of how we might promote compliance with stronger measures to control the resurgent COVID threat.
BI Article
Preventive Diplomacy and International Violence Prevention
Violence prevention has evolved from being focused almost exclusively on short-term interventions. It now refers to long-term initiatives that target the root causes of conflict.
News and Opinion
If violence spreads like a disease, it can be interrupted. How a new team in Milwaukee is trying to stop one shooting leading to another.
News and Opinion
Meet the Young Activists Fighting Chicago's Gun Violence, With Lobbying and Group Hugs
News and Opinion
Election Day Violence Is a Threat. Here's How to Prepare for It.