BI / MBI Sections
Destructive Conflict is the Most Serious Threat to Our Common FutureBeyond Intractability Sections
Interconnected learning materials to help everyone better deal with intractable conflicts.
Educators
Consider a very low-cost BI-based custom text.
Things You Can Do to Help
Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.
Conflict Frontiers
Frontier-of-the-field explorations of what makes so many conflicts intractable and what to do about it.
Conflict Fundamentals
Quick summaries of the conflict and peacebuilding field’s fundamental building blocks.
BI in Context
Quality news and feature articles exploring the full range of intractable conflict-related topics.
Colleague Activities
Information about the intractable conflict-related activities of the conflict and peacebuilding fields
Recent Posts
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Responses to Fiddling While Rome Burns - Part 2
The Burgesses respond to Bernie Mayer's comments on "Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns," arguing that bridging and advocacy are both needed for change, along with other elements in David Eisner's "renewing democracy ecosystem."
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Responses to: Are We Fiddling While Rome Burns? - Part 1
A discussion with David Eisner and Bernie Mayer of how bridging efforts relate to other efforts to strengthen American democracy in what David refers to as the "renew-democracy ecosystem."
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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of March 16, 2025
Our weekly collection of readings, not surprisingly, heavily focused on Trump's moves and responses to those moves.
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Can we lower toxic polarization while still opposing Trump?
In the United States, hyper-polarization has escalated to the point where President Trump is trying to destroy pretty much everything Democrats care about. The question is how can the Democrats defend themselves while also working to defuse the hyper-polarization that made Trump's Presidency possible.
Beyond Intractability Sections
Interconnected learning materials to help everyone better deal with intractable conflicts.
Educators
Consider a very low-cost BI-based custom text.
Things You Can Do to Help
Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.
Conflict Frontiers
Frontier-of-the-field explorations of what makes so many conflicts intractable and what to do about it.
Conflict Fundamentals
Quick summaries of the conflict and peacebuilding field’s fundamental building blocks.
BI in Context
Quality news and feature articles exploring the full range of intractable conflict-related topics.
Colleague Activities
Information about the intractable conflict-related activities of the conflict and peacebuilding fields
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