Newsletter # 15 -- May 20, 2018
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We haven't been adding very many new posts over the last few weeks as we've been traveling, but there are still a lot of BI in Context Posts to share and a few Conflict Fundamentals posts. We hope to start posting new posts in the other seminars and blogs soon.
Things YOU Can Do To Help Blog
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Conflict Frontiers Seminar
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Conflict Fundamentals Seminar
- Cognitive Dissonance -- This essay explores the dual nature of cognitive dissonance and how it can be utilized for constructive outcomes. -- May 10, 2018
- Interpersonal Communication -- An introductory essay to our section on conflict communication. -- May 11, 2018
- Misunderstandings -- A look at one of the most prevalent conflict communication problems. -- May 14, 2018
- Channels of Communication -- Another common communication problem in conflicts is no communication at all--but rapidly escalating assumptions and fears about the other. -- May 15, 2018
Beyond Intractability in Context Blog
- "Study: Most Americans want to kill 'Citizens United' with constitutional amendment!" Time for real bipartisanship? --Study: Most Americans want to kill ‘Citizens United’ with constitutional amendment -- 05/20/2018
- Going beyond superficial opinion polls, a long-term exploration of the changing views of Trump Democrats. -- Loyalty, unease in Trump’s Midwest -- 05/19/2018
- An argument for evidence-based policymaking and a look at how politics is, in surprising ways, undermining its purs --Scott Pruitt Proposal -- 05/19/2018
- An exploration of the dangers of "America's Iraq War Amnesia" in light of the Iranian nuclear and conventional thre --Iran Hawks Are the New Iraq Hawks -- 05/18/2018
- Interesting fact: "partisanship increases with education" & question, "Will liberal elites really support redistrib -- Which Side Are You On? -- 05/18/2018
- "Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web" Should discussion of today's big controversies be forced undergro -- Meet the Renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web -- 05/17/2018
- From Brookings, an important appeal for revitalizing civic education and teaching students how to make democracy wo-- From a nation at risk to a democracy at risk: Educating students for democratic renewal -- 05/17/2018
- Asking the big question about the goals of public policy, should we pursue "the Greatest Good for the Greatest Numb --Does the Philosophy of “the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number” Have Any Merit? -- 05/16/2018
- The right to be forgotten? Is it a boon to privacy or a mechanism through which authoritarians can rewrite history? --When 2 + 2 Might Equal 5 -- 05/16/2018
- A reminder that there are new, serious security threats that we have to come together to address: "The New Killer P --The New Killer Pathogens -- 05/15/2018
- In a world where so many people are trying to get even for past injustices, an explanation of the benefits of forgi -- The Forgiveness Boost -- 05/15/2018
- A persuasive appeal for focusing less on the Trump scandals and more on the problems that aren't getting solved. --Our Addiction to Trump -- 05/14/2018
- Starting with an acknowledgment of past foreign policy shortcomings, a serious proposal for a better approach. -- Time for a New U.S. Foreign Policy Narrative -- 05/14/2018
- Facebook's dump of Russian influence operation ads tells us more about how they are trying to engineer our conflict --Cybersecurity 202 and the Sophistication of Russia's Influence Operation -- 05/14/2018
- From Pew, stunning statistics on the gap between the democracy that Americans aspire to and the democracy that Amer -- Democracy in America: Ideals vs. reality -- 05/09/2018
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