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We Must Break the Logic of War Now--Before We Get World War III

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As we embrace every effort to end the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine today, we must seize this moment for what it is: our last best chance to prevent even greater tragedy tomorrow. 

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Talk with Shamil Idress, CEO of Search for Common Ground

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Heidi Burgess interviews Shamill Idress about his career, Search for Common Ground's work, current challenges facing Search, the peacebuilding field, and the world as a whole--and how we can meet them.

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Applying conflict resolution insights to the hyper-polarized, society-wide conflicts threatening liberal democracies

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A call for those with conflict-related expertise to do more to help society more constructively handle the scale and complexity of today's big conflicts while also more effectively countering the efforts of bad-faith actors who are actively working to inflame and exploit our conflicts.

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Russians Must Accept the Truth. We Failed.

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From one of the many brave Russians who tried, and failed, to stop their countriy from sliding into an authoritarian dystopia, an eloquent reminder of why we have to strengthen liberal democracy.

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The Ukrainian War: What Happens When You Have a War That Both Sides Absolutely, Positively Can't Afford to Lose?

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The same dynamic that is driving the hyper-polarization crisis in so many countries now threatens to turn the Ukrainian crisis into a truly catastrophic war.

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Extended Commentary:  Applying Conflict Resolution Insights to Hyper-Polarization: “When Will (We) Ever Learn?”

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We need to focus on our interdependence, the importance of curiousity, humility, "process pluralism," and most importantly widespread education of the polity on better ways of dealing with conflict.

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Helping organizations and individuals develop conflict wisdom

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An appeal for the conflict field to go beyond interpersonal work to organizational work, particularly in businesses and business schools and an explanation of how peacebuilding "hubs" have been used in Belgium and The Netherlands to "scale up" peacebuilding to the societal level.

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Applying conflict resolution insights to hyper-polarization: “When will (we) ever learn?”

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Long-time conflict resolution scholar and practitioner, Carrie Menkel-Meadow reflects on the many causes of hyper-polarization and suggests new metaphors and approaches for replacing it with constructive, collaborative problem solving. 

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Adding to the call to action—A few more thoughts

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An exploration of the importance of framing and the need to take control of the destructive narratives that are so pervasive in polarized democracies. We need to replace them with a shared vision for our future -- one that is attractive to everyone including those with whom we disagree. 

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Applying conflict resolution insights to the hyper-polarized, society-wide conflicts threatening liberal democracies

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Long-time conflict resolution scholar and practitioner, Carrie Menkel-Meadow reflects on the many causes of hyper-polarization and suggests new metaphors and approaches for replacing it with constructive, collaborative problem solving. 

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