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Larry Susskind Explains How To Get Highly Distrustful, even Hateful Parties to Work Together

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Those who want to promote dialogue or peace-making among parties who are “at war” are inviting the wrong people to the wrong kind of event in the wrong way.  There are clear alternatives that work, devising seminars being one of them.

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A New Book on Lessons from Peacebuilding Abroad and the Implications for Divisions within the United States

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Adams's book summary explains why he wrote the book the way he did, and what he was trying to accomplish in doing so.

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Allison Pike-Merrell Interviews Nawaz Mohammed, Sri Lanka Country Director, Search for Common Ground

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SFCG country director Nawaz Mohamed talks about his background, how he got into peacebuilding work, and how (and why) he is working for reconciliation in his native Sri Lanka.

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Larry Susskind in the Negotiation Journal: Initiating Collaboration in the Midst of a Standoff

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Breakthrough Collaboration is different from traditional dispute resolution and dialogue in that it can be initiated on just one side and does not need to bring the parties together. It can create "ripeness" where none exists.

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Larry Susskind and Shafik Islam on Complexity

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The combination of complexity theory with negotiation theory yields a powerful tool for effective water resources management--and other complex public problems.

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Chip Hauss: Beyond Polarization

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We’ll counter toxic polarization if and only if we offer people a better and credible alternative that they can put into practice in the lived experience of their daily lives. 

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Larry Susskind: Consensus Building in the Age of Trump What was it like in the Age of Trump?

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Listening to or caring about "the other side" has become much less common in "the age of Trump," but that just makes the roles of neutrals all the more important.

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Louis Kriesberg: Comments on “Applying conflict resolution insights…” by Burgess, Burgess, and Kaufman

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Lou Kriesberg, co-author with Bruce Dayton of Constructive Conflicts, offers a variety of comments, including his view that "polarization" implies equivalance of responsibility, which is not accurate.

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Solon Simmons: Applying Root Narrative Theory to the Republican Party and American Politics

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Only Republicans can save the party from the abyss they have fallen into; the way out involves changing their dominant root narratives that drive their behavior.

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From Chris Honeyman: Statement of J. Michael Luttig to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6, 2021 Attack on the United States Capitol

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Luttig asserts that America is at war with itself and if its leaders do not quickly develop the moral courage to make peace, America is doomed.

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