Colleague Activities
We are always looking for people doing interesting, intractable conflict-related projects to feature on our Colleague Activities Blog. See the Blog Homepage for information on how to submit your work.
- Louis Kriesberg on Gene Sharp -- Louis Kriesberg's obituary for Gene Sharp, the pre-eminant scholar on nonviolent direct action.
- Crowdsourcing Expert Capacity in Congress Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University -- This project, undertaken by Lorelei Kelly, is using a "massively parallel" approach (our term) for addressing the the bad lack of knowledge which stymies good decision making at the Federal Level.
- Peter Coleman: Conflict Intelligence and Systemic Wisdom -- Peter Coleman asserts that conflict intelligance and systemic wisdom are two "meta-competencies" that will allow people at all levels to resolve conflicts effectively.
- New Book: Governance for Peace -- A new book examining how good governance (including both government and civil society) can contribute to peace and prosperity.
- The State of American Democracy: A National Conversation -- Chip Hauss reports on his participation in this first of five working conferences focused on what can be done to fix American democracy so we can better address today's most difficult problems.
- Louis Kriesberg's Latest Editorial on Israel/Palestine and Trump -- In an editorial published in The Hill, Kriesberg decries Trump's one-sided Israel/Palestinian policies and recommends responses to it.
- Tired of Feeling Divided? Peter Coleman discusses what Americans can do to De-Polarize our Nation -- US leaders aren't acting to close the Red-Blue Divide, but citizens can. Coleman suggests how to do this.
- Congress just doesn't know enough to do its job well. Here's why -- Congress has no access to information and no time to learn it--no wonder policy is bad!
- Ryszard Prasszkier: Empowering Leadership of Tomorrow -- A new book applying complexity theory to leadership in the business, family, and society.
- Chip Hauss's New Website and Blog -- Explores "wicked problems" by discussing videos, books, analyses and discussions related to this topic.
- A Creative (and very Promising) Answer to the US Political Gridlock -- Independents and "centrists" hold the key to saving our democracy. Gerzon and Troiano explain how they can do that.
- Loving Your Country, Loving Yourself --Mark Gerzon's TEDxVail Talk -- Mark explains how he became a trans-partisan as an example of why the rest of us should too!
- Lou Kriesberg's Blog Posts -- Lou Kriesberg shares his thoughts on Trump, Israel, North Korea, and other foreign policy issues.
- Peace Talks -- A new information stream on worldwide peace processes already has over 450 entries! There's hope!
- Mark Gerzon: The Reunited States of America: How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide -- This very readable book showcases realistic steps we all can take to bridge gaping partisan differences.
- Chip (Charles) Hauss: Security 2.0 (Book) -- Chip Hauss's take on "wicked problems"--a broader, but parallel concept to complex, "intractable conflicts."
- Alliance for Peacebuilding Monitoring and Evaluation Program & Reports -- What brings about lasting and sustainable peace? This is the vexing question addressed by peacebuilding evaluation.
- Alliance for Peacebuilding Policy and Advocacy Programs -- An overview of AfP's many programs: fragility, violent extremism, gender, electoral violence, human security.
- Alliance for Peacebuilding Storytelling and Media Program -- A look at the Alliance for Peacebuilding's publications
- Center for Building a Culture of Empathy -- Host of "empathy tents," the center is helping defuse right-left tensions across California.
