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The Origins and Evolution of Infrastructures for Peace: A Personal Reflection

At article reflecting on the emergence and evolution of infrastructures for peace as a core ingredient of a comprehensive approach to peacebuilding.

2012

journal article

Defining Conflict Transformation

An elaborated definition of conflict transformation through the metaphor of a person on a journey, excerpted from The Little Book of Conflict Transformation.

2006

interview

The Moral Imagination

A video interview with Robert Wright for The Wright Show, a production of meaningoflife.tv.

2016

interview

In Conversation with Toni Shapiro-Phim

An interview with Toni Shapiro-Phim on the occasion of John Paul's receipt of the Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize at Brandeis University.

2019

document

Understanding Conflict

A description of two mutually influential and connect levels of conflict: content and relationship.

1998

document

A Story from Colombia: We Have Decided To Think For Ourselves

A story about courageous leadership in the area of La India in Colombia.

2005

document

Understanding Conflict: Experience, Structure and Dynamics

Guide posts for conflict managers to understand key aspects of the experience, structure, and dynamics of conflict.

2000

document

Conflict Transformation: A Working Definition

A table exploring the descriptive and prescriptive ways of understanding conflict transformation across four dimensions: personal, relational, structural, and cultural.

2000

blog post

How the United States Can Step Back from the Brink

A message co-written with Melanie Greenberg in the lead up to the November 2020 elections in the United States offering ways to deescalate and counteract mounting polarization in the country.

2020

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