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. 

Understanding Democratic Erosion: A Lowy Institute/Toda Institute Collaborative Project

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A conflict map of democratic erosion shows how complex this problem is, and why a simple, us-versus-them definition of the problem, along with an attempt to overpower "them," cannot work to solve it.

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Colleague, News, and Opinion Links for the Week of August 31, 2025

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Weekly collection of important and interesting readings from our colleagues and journalists writing on topics relating to polarization, democracy, and intractable conflicts.

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Beyond Intractability Announces Major System Upgrade

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Here we announce the release of the much updated Beyond Intractability website with the addition of an extensive Constructive Conflict Guide focused on hyper-polarization and ways to strengthen and improve democracy. See the details here.

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Conflict Core and Overlay Issues - Part 2

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Continuing our review of the distinction between core conflict factors and conflict overlays, this post examines common overlay factors that make conflicts even more difficult to resolve--and (briefly) what to do about them.

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Conflict Core and Overlay Issues - Part 1

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A review of the distinction the Burgesses make between core conflict factors and conflict overlays. This is the first of a two-part series; this one on the core factors; the second one will be on the overlay factors that make conflicts even more difficult to resolve.

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Jacob Bornstein Shares His Strategies for Building Consensus, Even Under the Most Difficult Circumstances

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Jacob Bornstein gives a master class on how to assemble and facilitate a collaborative process over very contentious issues -- and easier ones.

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A Happy Birthday and Tribute to Lou Kriesberg

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A tribute to Lou Kriesberg --a leading light in the peace and conflict resolution fields, along with his latest thoughts on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

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