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. 

Polarization's Toll on US Credibility, Progressives' Reverse CBT, and Other Colleague and Context Links

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Our readers share their thoughts: how progressive attitudes are deeply hurting progressives themselves, and how polarization is damaging US credibility abroad. Plus normal colleague and context posts.

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Sharing Ideas From Around the Globe on Ways to Strengthen Democracy - A BI/IGN Discussion

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A summary of ideas generated by the joint BI/IGN discussion on ways to strengthen democracy using negotiation, conflict resolution, and related processes.

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Colleague and Context Posts for the Week of April 23, 2023

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More stories about our colleague's efforts to defuse polarization and strengthen democracy, along with similar stories from outside the conflict/peacebuilding field.

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The Power Strategy Mix — Empowering the Pursuit of the Common Good

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Power is not just force. It is the ability to get things done. And that usually is maximized by using integrative and exchange power to encourage collaboration whenever possible, with force used little if at all.

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Colleague and Context posts for the week of April 2

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Notable organizations working to strengthen democracy and reduce hyper-polarization, along with important readings on those topics from within and outside the conflict/peacebuilding field.

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Helena Desivilya Syna on The Paradox of Tolerance with a response from Heidi Burgess and Guy Burgess

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Israel presents a dilemma for conflict resolvers: should one seek dialogue and compromise, or should one advocate and work for total victory without compromise because one side is so extreme?

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Julia Roig and James Savage: Exploring Narrative Practices for Broad-based Movements in Contexts of Democratic Decline

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The narratives we engage and deploy shape our world. In the face of rising authoritarianism, what stories and tactics drive collaboration within and between movements?

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