"'It takes practice and intention to communicate well in the midst of conflict,' says Jes Stoltzfus Buller, MCC U.S. peace education coordinator and author of the curriculum. 'If we can learn to embody healthy dialogue habitually in interpersonal interaction, it will ripple out and affect our communities and society.'" -"Peaceful Practices: A guide to healthy communication in conflict." Mennonite Central Committee. The … Continue reading Peaceful Practices: A Guide To Healthy Communication In Conflict
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Spoiled Militaries
"“Even those with military experience, you’ve got to realise that there isn't a war that has been fought like this in a long time,” Le said. “What's different with the US military and all the other NATO militaries—they're spoiled. When it comes to fighting a war, they have air support, medivac, logistics, all kinds of … Continue reading Spoiled Militaries
Dune Foresaw—and Influenced—Half a Century of Global Conflict
"Written even before the advent of America’s war in Vietnam, Dune captures a world in which war is inherently asymmetric, where head-on, conventional military conflict has largely been replaced with all the subtler ways that humans seek to dominate one another: insurgency and counterinsurgency, sabotage and assassination, diplomacy, espionage and treachery, proxy wars and resource … Continue reading Dune Foresaw—and Influenced—Half a Century of Global Conflict
Horses, Not Zebras
"'If you hear hooves, think horses, not zebras,' Mom liked to say, drawing from her wisdom as an emergency-room nurse that cautioned against wild medical diagnoses...But I wonder — in our walling off what we can talk about and what we cannot, in our work to accept each other despite our conflicting views of the … Continue reading Horses, Not Zebras
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