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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Roles - Part 1

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People engaged in massively parallel peace and democracy building play at least 50 different roles. In Part 1 of this three part series, we explore the roles played by the "strategizers," or "big thinkers" who help us understand the both nature of the problem and possible responses.

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Massively Parallel Peace and Democracy Building Links for the Week of March 24, 2024

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A rename of our regular "colleague and context links" to highlight how these readings and the activities they describe all fit within our "massively parallel" peace and democracy building framework--or show why it is needed.

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Lorelei Kelly on Strengthening Democracy at the Top and the Bottom

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Lorelei Kelly describes the work of the bipartisan Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress which passed 202 recommendations, many unanimously. Over 1/2 have been implemented and most others are in progress.

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Anne Leslie: Slurps, Sulks, and Family History: Do You Care Enough to Argue?

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Sometimes it is better to have an argument, rather than stew in silence, and have it with the mindset of wanting to learn more about the other person's truth instead of wanting to 'win'?

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Heidi Burgess Talks With James Coan about Taking De-Polarization Work "to Scale."

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Dialogue is great for the few participants, but it simply cannot be scaled up enough to change societal attitudes and behaviors. James Coan and Heidi Burgess discuss alternative ways to scale depolarization work.

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Colleague and Context Links for the Week of March 17, 2024

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Submissions from readers, activities and publications from colleagues, and interesting articles from allied fields about conflict, peace, and democracy.

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Gaza, Ukraine, Increasing Global Tensions, and the Nature of War

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An exploration of Quincy Wright's image of total war, reasons why it is so much more dangerous than lesser armed conflicts, and mechanisms through which it could quickly spread around the world.

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Bari Weiss: What it Means to Choose Freedom, Supplemented by Franklin Foer and the Burgesses

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Bari Weiss (The Free Press) and Franklin Foer (The Atlantic) reflect on the meaning of the war in Gaza and world response to it, to prospects for the survival of liberal democracy worldwide. The two, they agree, are linked.

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Colleague and Context Links for the Week of March 10, 2024

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Our usual Sunday link suggestions from readers, together with our compilation of interesting colleague activities, plus news and opinion articles of interest to the conflict field.

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Colleague and Context Links for the Week of March 3, 2024

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More readings and videos suggested by readers, along with our weekly pick of colleague activities and important writing from outside our field.

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