The Intractable Conflict Challenge

Our inability to constructively handle intractable conflict is the most serious, and the most neglected, problem facing humanity. Solving today's tough problems depends upon finding better ways of dealing with these conflicts. More...

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Dehumanization -- Research on dehumanization is very clear: such speech increases the likelihood of violence, even genocide.
Jay Rothman: Systematic Collaborative Visioning for Conflict Resolution Action and Evaluation in the Post-Covid19 World -- The time is ripe and we have much to contribute do de-escalation: listening, dialogue, reframing, collaboration and more. #mbi_cci
Entrapment -- This psychological tendency has caused a lot of avoidable pain and suffering--but it is avoidable. #mbi_fundamentals

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Educators
Consider BI's low-cost Teaching Materials.

Constructive Conflict Initiative

Join Us in calling for a dramatic expansion of efforts to limit the destructiveness of intractable conflict.

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Frontiers

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, & Intractability

Massively Parallel Peacebuilding

Authoritarian Populism

Constructive Confrontation

Conflict Fundamentals

An look at to the fundamental building blocks of the peace and conflict field covering both “tractable” and intractable conflict.

Beyond Intractability / CRInfo
Knowledge Base

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BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

Colleague Activities

Information about interesting conflict and peacebuilding efforts.

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Providing support to those working to address the intractable conflict problem, as well as those struggling with the many tractable, but still troublesome, disputes that characterize everyday life.

Intractable Conflict Challenge

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Providing support to those working to address the intractable conflict problem, as well as those struggling with the many tractable, but still troublesome, disputes that characterize everyday life.

Intractable Conflict Challenge

Beyond Intractability Initiatives,
Learning Materials, and
Knowledge Base

Providing support to those working to address the intractable conflict problem, as well as those struggling with the many tractable, but still troublesome, disputes that characterize everyday life.

Intractable Conflict Challenge

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Frontiers Seminar

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, &
Intractability

Massively Parallel
Peacebuilding

Authoritarian
Populism

Constructive
Confrontation

BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

The Intractable Conflict Challenge

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Dehumanization -- Research on dehumanization is very clear: such speech increases the likelihood of violence, even genocide.
Jay Rothman: Systematic Collaborative Visioning for Conflict Resolution Action and Evaluation in the Post-Covid19 World -- The time is ripe and we have much to contribute do de-escalation: listening, dialogue, reframing, collaboration and more. #mbi_cci
Entrapment -- This psychological tendency has caused a lot of avoidable pain and suffering--but it is avoidable. #mbi_fundamentals
Overcoming Oppression With Power -- When persuasion isn't enough, power must be added to overcome oppression. But that doesn't mean violence. #mbi_fundamentals

Get the Newsletter
Check Out Our Quick Start Guide

Educators
Consider BI's low-cost Teaching Materials.

Constructive Conflict Initiative

Join Us in calling for a dramatic expansion of efforts to limit the destructiveness of intractable conflict.

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Frontiers

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, &
Intractability

Massively Parallel
Peacebuilding

Authoritarian
Populism

Constructive
Confrontation

Conflict Fundamentals

An look at to the fundamental building blocks of the peace and conflict field covering both “tractable” and intractable conflict.

Beyond Intractability / CRInfo
Knowledge Base

Home / Browse | Essays | Search | About

BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

Colleague Activities

Information about interesting conflict and peacebuilding efforts.

Things You Can Do to Help Ideas

Practical things we can all do to limit the destructive conflicts threatening our future.

Conflict Frontiers Seminar

A free, open, online seminar exploring new approaches for addressing difficult and intractable conflicts. Major topic areas include:

Scale, Complexity, and
Intractability

Massively Parallel
Peacebuilding

Authoritarian
Populism

Constructive
Confrontation

BI in Context

Links to thought-provoking articles exploring the larger, societal dimension of intractability.

Constructive Conflict Initiative

Join Us in calling for a dramatic expansion of efforts to limit the destructiveness of intractable conflict.

Constructive Conflict MOOS Seminar

A Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) exploring strategies for meeting the challenges posed by the Constructive Conflict Initiative.

Conflict Fundamentals

An look at to the fundamental building blocks of the peace and conflict field covering both “tractable” and intractable conflict.

Beyond Intractability / CRInfo
Knowledge Base

A much more extensive set of materials including theoretical articles, case studies, book and article summaries, profiles of peacebuilders and more.
Home / Browse | Essays | Search | About

Colleague Activities

Information about interesting conflict and peacebuilding efforts.

Constructive Conflict Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) Selected Posts

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Beyond Intractability Initiatives, Learning Materials, and Knowledge Base

Constructive Conflict Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) Selected Posts

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Constructive Conflict Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS) Selected Posts

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Beyond Intractability Initiatives,
Learning Materials, and
Knowledge Base

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts

Constructive Conflict
Massive Open Online Seminar (MOOS)

Selected Posts