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- U.S. Reconciliation in 2020 and Beyond -- Reconciliation is not the imposition of one side's view on the other, but rather a meeting of minds and a way forward. #mbi_cci
- The Scale-Up Problem -- We need to stop thinking in terms of mediation triads, and scale up conflict work to societal levels. #mbi_frontiers
- Engineering and Medical Troubleshooting Models -- Complexity-oriented approaches to conflict are more like medicine and less like engineering. #mbi_frontiers
- Social and Psychological Complexity -- Those who seek power-over others are dealing better with social and psychological complexity. This needs to change! #mbi_frontiers
- Our Most Important Conflict: Coexisters vs. Fighters vs. Divide & Conquerors -- We need to resist "divide and conqueror" efforts to control society by exacerbating and exploiting left/right tensions. #mbi_frontiers
- The Evolutionary Choice: "Power With" or "Power Over" -- An explanation of why this may be our best/last chance to make democracy work (and avoid autocracy and anocracy). #mbi_frontiers
- Meeting the Adaptation Challenge -- Speeding society's ability to rapidly adapt to changing conditions should be a key goal of the conflict field. #mbi_frontiers
- The Really Big Picture Ecodynamics & Planetary Evolution -- An exploration of how understanding ecodynamics and evolution can help us deal with complex conflict. #mbi_frontiers
- System Levels -- Simple models won't work! We must develop conflict intervention models for higher-level complex systems. #mbi_frontiers
- Catching up with Chip Hauss and Imperative 21 -- In the wake of the still disputed US election, we have a massive amount of work to do to respond effectively to our many crises. Here's how to start. #mbi_cci
- Complex vs. Complicated Systems -- Intractable conflicts are complex adaptive systems, so they need complex, adaptive responses. #mbi_frontiers
- Intractable Conflict: A "Climate Change-Class" Problem -- The destructive way in which we handle society-wide conflict is as big a threat to humanity as climate change. It deserves comparable levels of attention. #mbi_frontiers
- So What -- A list of six things we all can do to move forward in these fightening and chaotic times. #mbi_cci
- Moving Beyond Intractability Newsletter #36 -- Those who have been working globally on conflict and peacebuilding projects are now applying that expertise to the deep divisions within US society. #mbi_fundamentals
- Put Down the Brick…A Commentary on Community Economics -- We need to remember that difference is strength, and we should learn from and appreciate our differences, not fight them. #mbi_cci
- Humiliation -- Providing face saving opportunities makes it much easier for people to admit their mistakes. Humiliating them makes it almost impossible.
- Third Siders -- Transforming our destructive politics will require the efforts of lots of different "3rd siders" -- each working on a different part of the problems. #mbi_cci
- Ethos of Conflict -- Since the conflict ethos feeds continuation of the conflict, that needs to change for conflicts to be resolved. #mbi_fundamentals
- Ways to Advance Equal Justice in America -- Improving justice for blacks improves outcomes for everyone by increasing trust, security, and mutual understanding between citizens and the police. #mbi_cci
- Psychological Dynamics of Intractable Conflicts -- In intractable conflicts, entire societies can get tangled up in destructive psychological dynamics. #mbi_fundamentals
- Advancing Black Equality in America -- A suggestion that BLM expand its tactics to more extensively negotiate and lobby local, school, state, and national officials. #mbi_cci
- Delegitimization -- Delegitimization drives escalation and violence. We can reverse it by deligitimizing escalation and violence! #mbi_fundamentals
- The Evolutionary Choice: "Power With" or "Power Over" -- An explanation of why this may be our best/last chance to make democracy work (and avoid autocracy and anocracy).
- Face -- It is much easier to get people to admit mistakes when you provide them with face saving opportunities to do so (and when you avoid humiliating them).
- Does Nonviolence Work? -- Research shows nonviolence is far more effective than violence--it should be all protestors' go-to choice! #mbi_cci
