Recent Beyond Intractability Posts
Including Hyper-Polarization Posts
Posts by BI Section
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- Rare peace accord signed in the Congo, thanks to Carter School’s community-centered approach -- Carter School Dean Alpaslan Özerdem reflects on the historic DRC peace agreement brokered by the Carter School--a unique process and role for an academic institution. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 08
- The Week That Awoke the World -- A reminder of how quickly startling events can lead to a global reframing of the way people think about their world. #mbi_context -- Mar 08
- The End of an Illusion -- Long-term trends toward an increasingly peaceful and just world can only continue if we work very hard to make this a reality. #mbi_context -- Mar 08
- Use of ‘sexist’ and ‘racist’ in the New York Times increased over 400% since 2012. Why? -- Interesting and potentially useful data tracing the evolution of contemporary views about racism and sexism. #mbi_context -- Mar 07
- How the West Marshaled a Stunning Show of Unity Against Russia -- A rare and inspiring example of how "power-with" power can be mobilized to fight "power-over" aggression. #mbi_context -- Mar 07
- The Many Types of Reconciliation -- Different types of reconciliation are better at different times and places, and can be done simultaneously or sequentially. Choosing the proper order can determine success or failure. #mbi_cci -- Mar 07
- How to Stop a Nuclear War -- A sensible look at how we have been able to keep periods of intense conflict between nuclear-armed powers from erupting into the nuclear war. #mbi_context -- Mar 07
- Putin Proves There Are Worse Things Than American Power -- A reminder that, despite its many serious problems and egregious mistakes, US power is still preferable to the aggressive authoritarianism on display in Ukraine. #mbi_context -- Mar 06
- The Ukrainian War: What Happens When You Have a War That Both Sides Absolutely, Positively Can't Afford to Lose? -- 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. -- Mar 06
- The Dictator’s New Playbook -- Now that Ukraine has our attention, it's time to start looking at the tactics that dictators and aspiring dictators have been using to gain control. #mbi_context -- Mar 06
- ‘Get insanely curious when no one else is curious’ -- An illuminating interview with Amanda Ripley – author of "High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How to Get Out." #mbi_context -- Mar 06
- I reject both parties’ ideas of Americanism. And I’m not the only one. -- A reminder that there is a large constituency waiting to support anyone who can find a way to defuse our hyper-polarized political dysfunction. #mbi_context -- Mar 03
- Political Forgiveness Monthly: February Edition -- History is powerful and can be uncomfortable, but it is in history we can learn from the lessons of the past and forge a better future. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 03
- Republicans Discover the Horror of Gerrymandering -- Evidence that the left, as well as the right, is engaged in an all-out effort to alter the electoral rules for partisan advantage. Where does this stop? #mbi_context -- Mar 03
- Learning for Self-Government -- Amid widespread calls for revitalizing civic education, an in-depth, critical review of competing curricula. #mbi_context -- Mar 03
- New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring -- How would you like to be a public school teacher caught in the crossfire between demands coming from the extremes of the left and the right. #mbi_context -- Mar 02
- Between The World And Men -- Amid the all too common demonization of the Canadian Truckers, a must read article that tells the other side of the story. #mbi_context -- Mar 02
- Defeat Trump, Now More Than Ever -- Reflections on the critical need to prevent a second Putinesque Trump Presidency, the mistakes that Democrats are making that are moving the country in that direction. #mbi_context -- Mar 02
- unRival Network: A Creative Peacebuilding Community -- Built to overcome the loneliness and fatigue that inhibits innovation in nonviolent peacebuilding. It gives partners a collaborative place to refresh and grow. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 02
- Center for Climate and Security -- Security and military experts study threats to security from climate change and undertake numerous programs designed to reduce such threats. #mbi_colleague -- Mar 01
- Clean air doesn't need explicit racial targeting -- An example of the advantages of not framing all social problems in racial terms. #mbi_context -- Mar 01
- What If Russia Loses? -- Amid rapidly escalating efforts to oppose Russia's Ukrainian invasion, an article that asks what may be the war's most consequential question. #mbi_context -- Mar 01
- Strategic Empathy: The Afghanistan Intervention Shows Why the U.S. Must Empathize with its Adversaries -- Empathy isn't just for interpersonal conflicts. It is critical to the management of international relations and, especially, efforts to prevent war. #mbi_context -- Mar 01
- Status Anxiety Is Blowing Wind Into Trump’s Sails -- Status anxiety is a new "psychological problem" that discounts the complaints of populists who believe that they are no longer viewed as valued members of society. #mbi_context -- Mar 01
- Causing Crisis Works -- An exploration of the all too common practice of creating conflict and confrontation as a strategy for diverting attention from other issues. #mbi_context -- Feb 28
