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A toolkit intended to improve peacebuilders’ ability to be reflective practitioners which involves enhancing peacebuilders’ capacity to design and impact transformative change, and track and improve upon those changes over time in unpredictable conflict contexts.

An analytical and descriptive exploration of a pyramid model to capture the overview of how an entire affected population in a setting of internal armed conflict is represented by leaders and other actors, as well as the roles they play in navigating the situation.

A chapter reflecting on three specific experiences that marked important evolutions in John Paul's thinking and practice.

A published chapter of John Paul's remarks at the Beyond Violence Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland in November 1994.

An interview with Joe Stork on the U.S. military intervention into Somalia and alternative avenues to provide assistance.

An abbreviated summary of The Little Book of Conflict Transformation.

A chart comparing the perspectives of conflict resolution and conflict transformation on various aspects of conflict analysis.

A chart illustrating cultural expectations across stages of mediation along a spectrum from "pure formal" to "pure informal."

An excerpt from the book Building Peace about the emergence of understanding reconciliation as a focus and a locus in the transformation of conflict.