Use this for post-date ordered blog materials to be featured on the CC-MOOS All Recent Posts section of the BI homepage AND on the more limited, Selected Recent Posts section used on the landing pages mobile versions of BI. This is the same list we use on social media for the "Selected Posts" (MBI) option. 

Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of January 28, 2023

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Links from readers and Guy exploring the themes of hyper-polarization, Israel, and related topics from within and beyond the peacebuilding field.

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Why Hope Dies Last...and Why I Stopped Being an Optimist

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When you recognize uncertainty, you recognize that you may be able to influence the outcomes – you alone or you in concert with a few dozen or several million others.

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More Reader Comments On Israel and Intractable Identity Conflicts more Broadly

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A compilation of readers' thoughts on Israel and identity conflicts in general. We agree--they are intractable--but greatly in need of inspiration and new thinking!

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Martin Luther King from a Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding Perspective

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A look at the now hard-to-imagine challenges faced by the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. King, and the 1963 March on Washington; how they were able to overcome them; and what they can teach us today.

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Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of January 14, 2023

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Reader contributed and Guy's suggestions of interesting reads for the week relating to peacebuilding and hyper-polarization.

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Deborah Lauffer and Katja Rieger on Peacebuilding, Israel/Hamas, and Future Visioning

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Two more readers contribute thoughts about the Israel/Gaza war and ways of envisioning a future we would all want to live in.

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Growing Strawberries on Coconut Trees: The Nature of Peace and Peacebuilding in a Collectivist and Illiberal World

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To understand why the peacebuilding field has failed to live up to its lofty ambitions, we have to unpack the world we inhabit today. Peacebuilding is not possible in many societies, and peacebuilders need to understand where their processes can work and where they cannot.

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Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of January 7, 2024

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Readings on Israel/Hamas war recommended by readers, more colleague activities articles and news, and writing from people in allied fields.

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A New Year's Gift from Jay Rothman: 31 Definitions of Peace and You

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An exercise to help us all appreciate our inner and social experiences of peace, wholeness, and connection, as defined by many cultures around the world.

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