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. 

Julia Chaitin, Israeli Peacebuilder, on the Israeli-Gazan War

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Chilling testimony from an Israeli peace activist living near the Gaza/Israeli border, and her thoughts about ways forward.

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Daniel Stid Talks about Ways to Strengthen Democracy by Replacing Polarization with Pluralism

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Polarization is afflicting both leaders and followers, and the feedback between the two makes the problem worse. Key to fighting that is reinvigorating the value of political pluralism and openness to divergent views of problems and solutions, starting first at the local and state levels.

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Special Edition of Colleague and Context Posts: The 2023 Israel-Hamas War

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A special edition of our colleague and context posts, all focused on the Israel/Palestinian war of 2023.

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Israel, Hamas, Evil, and the Bad-faith Actor Problem

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From a conflict resolution and peacebuilding perspective, reflections on Hamas' horrific attack on Israel and the role that our field has played and could play in shaping this tragedy.

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Katie Hyten Explains how Essential Partners is Taking Dialogue to Scale

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Essential Partners has figured out both how to scale dialogue at least to the community level, if not beyond, and to make the relationship improvements dialogue engenders sustainable over the long term.

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Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of October 15, 2023

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More interesting links from our colleagues and people allied with and of interest to the conflict and peacebuilding fields.

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Bad-Faith Actors and the Red/Blue/Gold Divide

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We need to distinguish between good-faith and bad-faith actors, and also between intentional and reluctant bad-faith actors, dealing with each in a different way.

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Daniel Stid: Citizens’ Assemblies: An Idea Whose Time Has Come (Again)

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Citizens' assemblies are an ancient form of governance, used by the Athenians in the 5th Century B.C., whose time has come again. Daniel Stid reports on their increasing use and benefits around the world, including in the U.S.

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Fact, Value, Lie, or Uncertainty? How Do We Tell?

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Sorting out "real facts" from "fake facts" gets more difficult all the time. But there are ways to do it. And it matters. Because facts can "bite you," even if you don't believe they are true.

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