Beyond Intractability in Context Blog
Beyond Intractability's efforts to promote more constructive approaches to conflict occur within the larger context of efforts to promote wise and equitable solutions to a broad range of social problems. This blog highlights readable news and opinion articles, "infographics" and reports that help us understand the costs--and hence, urgency -- of the conflict problem, the dynamics that make it so difficult, alternative responses, and innovative success stories about people who have successfully confronted various aspects of the problem in different settings.
BI in Context posts are being included in the
Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar's
exploration of the tough challenges posed by the
Constructive Conflict Initiative.
Look for: #mbi_context
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More About How to Participate in the MBI Seminars and Blogs ...
- Disasters commonly open the door to major social changes. We need to start working now to make sure these changes are positive and not negative. #mbi_context -- Who Will Win the Fight for a Post-Coronavirus America?
- An explanation of why trust in public institutions is so important and the terrible consequences of deliberate efforts to destroy that trust. #mbi_context -- The Thing That Determines a Country’s Resistance to the Coronavirus
- Redundancy is a big part of what makes large-scale complex systems work. If something breaks, there are other (often imperfect) ways to get the job done. #mbi_context -- If Trump Can’t Do the Job, Other People Need To
- It's not just about keeping our distance and staying safe. It's about doing everything that we can to protect the people who make this possible. #mbi_context -- Grocery workers are keeping Americans alive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s what they need.
- A timely and urgent plea for a global cease-fire. (I'd like to see this extended this to also include nonviolent, but still very destructive, political conflicts.) #mbi_context -- COVID-19: UN chief calls for global ceasefire to focus on ‘the true fight of our lives’
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We welcome your suggestions of articles and other materials that we should post in this blog. If they are things written by yourself, though, please also consider contributing them to the "Colleague Activities Blog"
