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- The G.O.P. Is Getting Even Worse -- A look at the emerging backlash movement against the excesses of the left and a call for a similar movement on the right. #mbi_context -- May 06
- “Bad-Faith” Actor Tactics -- We need to better understand how to see and avoid the many traps (and sinister cons) that are dragging us into ever more destructive conflict. #mbi_frontiers -- May 06
- Race and the Coming Liberal Crackup -- From a moderate, conservative perspective, a critique of progressive, antiracism policies that is worth serious consideration. #mbi_context -- May 06
- Preventing and Reducing Conflict and Instability in the United States: Shaping What Comes Next -- Spring Speaker Series running April-June at the Alliance for Peacebuilding. Past webinars are posted for later viewing. #mbi_colleague -- May 05
- Types of “Bad-Faith” Actors -- While it is always hard to make good-faith democratic governance work, it is even harder when people are actively trying to make it fail. #mbi_frontiers -- May 05
- Mr. President, your misinformation on Georgia’s voting law is dangerous -- From Georgia, a plea for both the left and the right to refrain from inflammatory and unjustified rhetoric regarding proposed election law changes. #mbi_context -- May 05
- Why is Everything Liberal? -- An in-depth examination critical question: Why is the left so culturally dominant and why does it have such trouble winning elections? #mbi_context -- May 05
- imagine -- Amid our anguish over the many shortcomings in our pandemic response, a reflection on how much worse things would have been had it happened just 20 years ago. #mbi_context -- May 04
- “Bad-Faith” Actors -- Our Sources of Vulnerability -- Like the vulnerable US football players, we need better ways to protect ourselves from destructive efforts to undermine our ability to work together. #mbi_frontiers -- May 04
- Global Negotiation Conference -- GNC-2021 is open to students from all disciplines with an interest in negotiation theory and practice. The online conference includes 4 days of presentations and workshops and a day-long multiparty simulation on a current international issue. #mbi_colleague -- May 04
- Should Young Americans Be Required to Give a Year of Service? -- Another look at proposals for promoting mutual understanding, empathy, and compassion through a year of National Service. #mbi_context -- May 04
- Should Biden Emphasize Race or Class or Both or None of the Above? -- A look at what the latest political science has to say about how best to balance race and class-based social justice efforts. #mbi_context -- May 04
- Part 3: Challenging "Bad-Faith" Actors Who Seek to Amplify and Exploit Our Conflicts -- As an introduction to a series of three videos that we will be posting this week on the "Bad-Faith Actor" problem, a look at how this fits into the larger problem of how to more constructively handle intractable conflict. #mbi_frontiers -- May 03
- Some Credible Evidence: Perceptions about the Evidence Base in the Peacebuilding Field -- An investigation about what evidence exists and what more is needed to support "evidence-based" peacebuilding practice. #mbi_colleague -- May 03
- 'I Got Obama'd' -- An in-depth look at the many troubles of a conflict resolution expert who became involved in politics. It's not as easy as we sometimes think. #mbi_context -- May 03
- Boulder police officers didn’t wait for backup to confront King Soopers shooter. That’s exactly what modern police tactics teach. -- More on the Boulder mass shooting. A look at the heroism and sacrifice being asked of patrol officers and the surprisingly limited role of SWAT teams. #mbi_context -- May 02
- 6 Tips For Making Online Collaboration More Productive and Engaging -- There’s more to online collaboration than using the right technology and best practices. Meeting planners must also harness "the human dimension." #mbi_colleague -- May 02
- 6 Tips For Making Online Collaboration More Productive and Engaging -- There’s more to online collaboration than using the right technology and best practices. Meeting planners must also harness "the human dimension." #mbi_colleague -- May 02
- Newark cops, with reform, didn’t fire a single shot in 2020 -- Yet another, encouraging, "if it's been done it must be possible" story--the reform of the Newark Police Department. #mbi_context -- May 02
- Amazon’s Big Win Over the Little Guy -- A reminder that tightening corporate control of the gig economy is leading us all into a new, 21st century kind of oppression. #mbi_context -- Apr 13
- Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation -- A movement to establish a US TRC to "properly acknowledge, memorialize, and be a catalyst for progress" in eliminating racial inequity in the U.S. #mbi_colleague -- Apr 13
- Unity shown by farmers could lead to a policy shift in India -- An update on a very big story coming out of India about one of the biggest nonviolent protest movements in recent history. #mbi_context -- Apr 13
- On the dignity of work, AOC’s view has replaced FDR’s -- Amid all the political posturing and showmanship, a look at an underlying philosophical difference that separates right and left-leaning worldviews. #mbi_context -- Apr 08
- Small Scale Reconciliation – Part 5: Take Advantage of Opportunities for Mutually-Beneficial Joint Actions -- Even when conflicts are stalemated, some common ground is likely to give disputants a toe-hold onto transformation. #mbi_fundamentals -- Apr 08
- Better evidence is the key to better peacebuilding -- BEP conducts research to generate more precise and usable evidence on how to reduce violent conflict. #mbi_colleague -- Apr 08
