The Drama 4 Peace Platform
“Anyone who has come into contact with extreme pain, suffering or death has no trouble understanding Greek drama. It’s all about bearing witness to the stories of veterans.” Bryan Doerries, as recounted by Bessel van der Kokl, MD in “The...
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National Dialogues in Peacebuilding and Transitions: Lessons Learned from Six National Dialogues in Africa and the Middle East
On June 24, the Peace Appeal and USIP (the United States Institute of Peace) hosted two panel discussions with the authors of the Institute’s recent report, “National Dialogues in Peacebuilding and Transitions: Creativity and Adaptive Thinking.” The conversation...
A Tale of Two Pauls: Examining the Limits of Reconciliation after the Rwandan Genocide
UPDATE (September 20, 2021) . Paul Rusesabagina and 20 other defendants were found guilty of crimes associated with terrorism on Monday. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. The trial has received widespread condemnation from governments and human rights...
Power, Protest, and Political Change: A new report from students in the Dispute Systems Design Clinic at Harvard Law School
How can movement organizers build power to get into the negotiating room, and wield that power effectively once they’re at the table? How can they overcome vast power asymmetries? A new, freely accessible report from two students in the Dispute Systems Design...
News from Our Partners: The National Convergence Platform is Launched in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe. The National Convergence Platform was formally launched at Kentucky Airport Hotel in December 13, 2019. A new initiative involving the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (a grouping of all Zimbabwe’s major church associations) and civil...
New Challenges to Peace: Artificial Intelligence and Weapons of War
By Sahana Bhagat Technological advances are rapidly outpacing our ability to reflect and decide whether a particular new technology is one that serves our public good. Technologists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, ethicists and legal scholars from Microsoft to MIT are...
Partner Report: Common Space Initiative Issues “Conditions of Return of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon”
Beirut, Lebanon. The Common Space Initiative for Shared Knowledge and Consensus Building hosted a conference on August 14th on Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Challenges for Return and Realities Back Home. The conference issued a summary booklet in September...