PACS 4500 Senior Seminar in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 001 Guy Burgess

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Reading Reflections Framing Questions  Framing questions for RR1:  How are "intractable conflicts" different from other conflicts?  Why does this distinction matter? (Or doesn't it?) Is the concept a useful one--or not?  What are the specifications of an intractable conflict "solution?"  Note: These are just suggestions--you can focus on other things as well. Assume that is true from here on out, unless otherwise noted

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Today’s Readings: Comments? Hubberd, Worth, and Gordon, "Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants"Power Vacuum in Middle East Lifts Militants Stiglitz, "In No One We Trust"In No One We Trust Diehl, "Why the elites are rising up."Why the elites are rising up. Kristof: Is Delhi So Different From Steubenville? Is Delhi So Different From Steubenville? Gladstone, "Aid Groups for Syrians See Needs Growing More Dire""Aid Groups for Syrians See Needs Growing More Dire"

Mega Worries What are the big problems that have to be solved? What are the obstacles to solving them? To what extent are these conflict problems? What kind of conflict problem?

Next Generation???????????

Conflict: The Long View

PACS I: Anti-War Paradigm

Vietnam War Protests

Nuclear Freeze

Anti-Neo-Imperialist

PACS I: Anti-War Paradigm Limits?

PACS II: Non-Violence

Limits?

PACS III: Conflict Resolution Paradigm

Hewlett Theory Centers

Ombuds/Ombudsman Online Dispute Resolution Organizational Conflict Management Research Restorative & Criminal Justice Spirituality Training Workplace Commercial Community Consumer Court Crisis Intervention Education Environment & Public Policy Family Health Care International

Track II Diplomacy Oslo Accords

PACS III: Conflict Resolution Paradigm Limits?

PACS IV: Peacebuilding Paradigm

Association for Peacebuilding

Large Scale Peacebuilding

Systems Thinking

Large Scale Conflict Assessment

Donors Conferences

USIP National Peace Training Ctr.

PACS IV: Peacebuilding Paradigm Limits?

PACS IV: The Complexity Paradigm? Getting Beyond the Limits?

Understand the Stakes Conflict as a Climate Change-class Problem

Thinking Big Weapons of Mass Destruction 0 – Blockbuster 1 ton TNT 4 – Hiroshima 10,000 tons TNT Speed 0 – Walk 1.7 mph 1 – Sprint 17 mph 2 – Race Car 170 mph 3 – Jet Fighter 1,700 mph 4 – Space Shuttle 17,000 mph Social Conflict 0 – Mediation Triad 3 Person 1 – Multi-party Negotiation 30 Person 2 – Small Demonstration 300 Person 3 – Large Rally 3,000 Person 4 – Small Stadium 30,000 Person 5 – Small City 300,000 Person 6 – Large City 3,000,000 Person 7 – Small Country 30,000,000 Person 8 – Large Country 300,000,000 Person 9 – Hemisphere 3,000,000,000 Person

Tackling the Tough Problems Don’t fall for the “Lost Key” Syndrome Don’t just look for solutions in the easy “bright” places, look for them in the “dark” hard places where many solutions lie.

Deal with the Whole Elephant

Thinking Short/Long-Term There is no quick, “Polio- vaccine” type solution We need something more like a decades-long “war on cancer”

Planning / Thinking Holistically We couldn’t get to the moon without ALL of the parts Peacebuilding won’t either.

Mega Worries What are the big problems that have to be solved? What are the obstacles to solving them? To what extent are these conflict problems? What kind of conflict problem?

Mega Worries Student debt / college affordability Job mismatch Climate change Health care costs Economy / jobs Prison complex Decreasing middle class Political gridlock Gender violence Mass shootings and gun violence LGBT Rights International Security Adverse effects of US consumption Altruistic humanitarian concerns

Mega Worries Student debt / college affordability Job mismatch Climate change Health care costs Economy / jobs Prison complex Decreasing middle class Political gridlock Gender violence Mass shootings and gun violence LGBT Rights International Security Adverse effects of US consumption Altruistic humanitarian concerns What are the limits of the Anti-War/Protest Paradigm Non-violence Paradigm Conflict Resolution Paradigm Peacebuilding Paradigm What are the specifications for the complexity paradigm?

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