Fundamentals Seminar Blog
Constructive Confrontation Initiative Spring 2018 Posts to Date
See Syllabus for additional background posts and planned, future posts (many of which are now accessible).
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Posts ordered from most recent to earliest.
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Within-Party Differences
Not everyone on the "other side" is the same: some are open to compromise and others not. Don't lump them together.
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Levels of Action (Lederach's Pyramid)
Leaders at three levels of society can contribute to peace, but the middle level is often the most effective.
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Leaders and Leadership
"Leadership is one of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth." (Burns)
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Third Siders
Third siders are disputants and outsiders - united in a desire to transform conflicts for the better.
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Parties to Intractable Conflict
Everyone can play a role in making conflicts better--or worse!
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Stable Peace
Stable peace, says Boulding, exists when the thought of war as a tool to resolve conflicts is not considered.
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Reconciliation - Original Essay from 2003
Once a hot topic, now a hotly-needed but controversial one-- this essay tells why.
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Conflict Transformation
Conflict transformation sees conflict as an opportunity, not a problem needing a solution.
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Settlement, Resolution, Management, and Transformation: An Explanation of Terms
Often considered synonyms, each of these implies a very different process and outcome.
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Interests, Positions, Needs, and Values
These are the things people fight about--and each must be handled differently.
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The Core Causes of Intractable Conflicts
High-stakes, fundamental moral differences, status conflicts, and identity issues are among the factors that often lie at the core of intractable conflicts.
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What Are Intractable Conflicts?
Supplementing the Frontiers video, this Fundamentals essay tells more about our history with the term and why we still use it.
