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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 Graduate Institute, Geneva, in particular, it's Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, is taking a look at the role of civil society institutions in monitoring the implementation of the Peace Accords reached in Colombia. (Wednesday, 20 September, 2017). The presentation will include scholars, representatives of the Colombian Platform of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the experience of peasants and other communities in Colombia.
When history's losers get to write an alternative narrative for the causes of a conflict, a war, the consequences can be substantial, creating rifts with allies, with adversaries or even with fellow citizens--but so can a sudden emotional rush to rectify a false story, as in hastily taking down monuments to Confederate leaders. Public education is essential, as to the causes of war and conflict; flawed revisionist interpretations can foment discord and incite conflict. Look to Germany to understand how a nation took responsibility for its actions and refused to explain them away. And there are no monuments, no memorials, there to suggest otherwise.
Opinion | When History’s Losers Write the Story
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Supporters of Confederate memorials airbrush slavery out of the Civil War. It reminds me of the Russians who view Stalin fondly.
Valuable insight on collaboration from Morton Deutsch as presented by Peter Coleman.....
It's a crucial time for the Colombia Peace Accord, approved last December, as people on all sides try to live with its terms. The pope couldn't have chosen a more fruitful moment, to visit, to urge Colombians to avoid "the thirst for revenge" and finally to accept peace. His urging gives special meaning to the French curse, 'if you seek revenge, dig two graves.' To forgive is not to forget but to seek a path of reconciliation, to look to their future, to form a working, inclusive polity, to make peace work.
Pope Francis Visits Colombia, Where Even Peace Is Polarizing
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During the pope’s six-day visit, his challenge is to nudge the country, torn apart by 52 years of war, toward a peace with former guerrillas.
A prime example of the benefits of cooperation, this time, though, between men and mammals. Dolphins partner with fishermen because of the benefits they gain from them. But the relationship has become strained. As one fisherman observed: “As they become less cooperative, they may be concluding it is no longer in their best interest to work as our partners.” As it is with men and mammals, so it is among men. We need to see the value of cooperation, to satisfy mutual interests, and safeguard and sustain it, whether between and among men and nations or between men and mammals.
In a Fragile Partnership, Dolphins Help Catch Fish in Myanmar
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On the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar, dolphins help fishermen herd fish into nets, but overfishing, pollution and a lack of interest among the young threaten that bond.