A window into what we collectively know about more constructive ways of handling the intractable conflicts that threaten both our relationships and our societies.
A window into what we collectively know about more constructive ways of handling the intractable conflicts that threaten both our relationships and our societies.
Welcome to the New Beyond Intractability
Find out about the recent upgrades to BI including our new Constructive Conflict Guide which organizes BI content around a framework for analyzing and then limiting or solving conflict problems, focusing particularly on hyper-polarization and threats to democracy (from both the left and the right).
Welcome to the New Beyond Intractability
Find out about the recent upgrades to BI including our new Constructive Conflict Guide which organizes BI content around a framework for analyzing and then limiting or solving conflict problems.
Built over the last 35 years by over 500 contributors, Beyond Intractability is a free information system that supports those wanting to more constructively address conflict at all levels — from the individual to the societal. More...
Our inability to constructively handle intractable conflict is the most serious, and the most neglected, problem facing humanity. Solving today's tough problems depends upon finding better ways of dealing with these conflicts. More...
BI's free Substack newsletter highlights the latest thinking on democratic decline, hyper-polarization, intractable conflict, and what can, and is, being done to address these challenges. More...
A free Guide to understanding the causes and consequences of intractable conflicts and the ways in which we can all help handle these conflicts more constructively — from the interpersonal to the societal level. More...
This section is built around the BI website's traditional format, providing access to all the resources generated over the last 35 years by Beyond Intractability. More...
Organized links to the thousands of outside resources describing elements of the massively parallel effort to strengthen democracy and constructively handle intractable conflicts. More...