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Welcome to the Web site for the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR). The Center is part of the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, located at Civic Square, New Brunswick, New Jersey. CNCR is at the forefront of a movement that believes disputes can be settled by constructive negotiation and consensus-building and problem-solving approaches instead of by force or adversarial argument.
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The dividends of peace: FARC joins the Colombian government to wean farmers off coca--for cocaine--one of the first collaborations ever between the old enemies. Other crops are substituted and incentives are provided to switch from coca (such as electricity). The government is no longer focused on war with the rebels, moreover, so it can finally build the roads and infrastructure to create markets for legal crops, while delivering a finishing blow to the remaining drug traffickers. It won't be easy but this plan supports and sustains the peace and offers distinct benefits to people emerging from decades of violent conflict, strife and fear.
After Decades of War, Colombian Farmers Face a New Test: Peace
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The FARC rebels have disarmed and joined the government to wean farmers off illicit crops. But in poor villages, the lure of drug money is still strong.
Beijing's repression could not cloud Liu Xiaobo's vision of a democratic China, or crush his spirit or limit the spread of his ideas. The Chinese leadership could only incarcerate him. And, like Nelson Mandela, Liu refused to give in. He retained his firm belief that freedom is "the source of humanity and the mother of truth."
The New York Times opined that "many more Chinese today than in 1989 or 2008 are carrying out 'small but significant peaceful actions of protest to further human rights protections.'" This is the impact of Liu Xiaobo's courage and persistence, his embrace of universal values, values that will outlive the ruthless Chinese leaders who sought to crush him but never could.
Opinion | The Spirit of Liu Xiaobo
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He spoke of universal yearnings, but China’s leaders were afraid to listen.
John F. Kennedy well understood that "a more prosperous world would be a more secure world." Evidently Trump has no appreciation of that obvious fact, regrettably. In Poland recently, he made it plain that economic development and well-being is not part of his way of improving conditions for peace in the world.
Is a More Prosperous World More Secure? Not as Trump Sees It
nytimes.com
The president has abandoned a policy consensus that alleviating poverty around the world is a key to reducing the chances of instability and conflict.
Collaboration for peace, indeed, for advancing medicine and engineering and other purposes by bringing physics to a region of the world that is lacking both in facilities and research money. The project, Sesame is its name, is made up of physicists from serveral countries--Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan and the Palestinian Authority, countries that rarely engage. Their scientists, though, are determined to collaborate across borders..
A Light for Science, and Cooperation, in the Middle East
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The Sesame detector will use synchrotron light to study materials ranging from exotic semiconductors to viruses.
Some solid insights from a keen observer....
Preventive Mediation at Sea - Mediation Training Institute at Eckerd College
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As a workplace mediator, MTI Master trainer, and avid people watcher, I find myself conscious of conflict in my daily surroundings. Recently, I was able to see the principles of mediation in ‘real time’, or as Dr. Dan Dana refers to as ‘on the line’ mediation, a way to prevent conflict before an act...