1. PACS 2500 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies Guy Burgess Co-Director Conflict Information Consortium, University of Colorado UCB 580, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0580, (303) 492-1635 burgess@colorado.edu burgess@colorado.edu Copyright © 2014 Guy Burgess and Heidi Burgess

2. The Teenage Brain (and War) http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/01/28/381622350/why-teens-are-impulsive-addiction-prone-and-should- protect-their-brains

3. Resisting Plutocracy and Individualism http://billmoyers.com/episode/full-show-long-dark-shadows-plutocracy/

4. Vaccine and the Line between Private Choice and Public Responsibility http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/nicholas-kristof-the-dangers-of-vaccine- denial.html?_r=0

5. Stop Fighting http://stop-fighting.crinfo.org/

6. Think About a Fight  Parents?  Roommates?  Siblings?  Teachers?  Community?

7. A.Hold your ground? Fight back and protect your interests? B.Overstate your case, so you have something to back down to later? C.Give in so as not to "make waves"? D.Take a "time out" to allow things to cool down? E.End the relationship (because if you fight like this over and over, it isn't worth the misery)? When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!

8. A.Stand up for yourself and make sure the other person knows you won't tolerate disrespect from him or her? B.Apologize for statements said in anger that you didn't really mean, and try again to respectfully explain what you DID mean? C.Politely tell the other person how their attacks made you feel? D.Forgive and forget -- and move on?

9. A.Say it again, because the other person probably just wasn't listening or didn't understand? B.Listen to what the other person has to say first, and then respond? C.Talk about yourself -- don't talk about them? D.Talk around the problem -- don't focus on it directly? That’s too inflammatory.

10. A.Base the plan on agreed-to principles of fairness and justice? B.Agree to talk whenever someone is upset and come up with a collaborative solution? C.Agree that one person will be the "authority figure", though that person will listen to the other person's arguments and complaints? D.Agree to negotiate everything?

11. A.Try to convince your partner to do what you want? (You need to stand up for yourself.) B.Agree with your partner and do what he/she wants? (It’s not worth the fight.) C.Try to find out what your partner's underlying interests are (Why does he/she take the position that she does?) D.Try to trade off with your partner? (You do what he/she does sometimes and he/she does what you want other times.)

12. A.Avoid talking about the issue? B.Try to collect more facts so that you can persuade the other person that you are right? C.Try to get someone else to help you resolve the problem? D.Agree to disagree, but work to understand the other side?

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14. Visions of Peace

15. One Vision: Stable Peace Stable peace is a situation in which the possibility of war is so remote that it does not enter into anyone's calculations Stable war Unstable war Unstable stable peace Stable peace http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/stable_peace/?nid=1011

16. The Demise of Dueling

17. Inverted Clausewitz "War is the continuation of diplomacy (peaceful approaches to conflict) by other means." "Peace is the continuation of war (violent approaches to conflict) by other means."

18. Regions of Stable Peace

19. Another Vision of Peace  Justpeace  If you want peace, fight for justice  War stops because the underlying issues of injustice have been resolved and human needs have been met  Critiques: Gary Stahl effect Revolutions of rising expectations Boundless greed problem

20. Opinion Assignment #1 Next Time: Read the Assignment Carefully

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22. Test #1

23. Study Questions

24. Temporary Page Access Extended Through Test #1

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26. Test 50% 2 Mid-Terms / Final Notes page allowed Study questions – List – Define – Apply “Wildcard” questions Slightly cumulative final 50 minute tests “Curved” grading

27. More Information about the Test  Five representative questions selected from study questions.  Three-part answer rule applies to all questions  List the major points  Demonstrate that you understand the major points  Apply and explain why those ideas are important  50 min. / 1:05 min. format  Notes page rules  2 pages – small type okay – you really need this!  Do your own notes page  Hand in your notes

28. Sample Answers

29. Bring Blue Book Come if you forget

30. Don’t Forget Your Notes Page

31. Review Questions ?

32. Malala Yousafzai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGL6YY6oMs

33. Visualizing Intractable Conflict Intractable Conflict

34. Overlay / Core Overlay Core

35. Overlay Problems Escalation Communication Relationship Collaboration Core

36. Core Issues Distributional Moral Status Identity Overlays

37. Overlay / Core Variations Relationship, Distributional / Status Focused Communication (Misunderstanding), Moral / Identity Group Focused Many, many other possibilities exist

38. Overlay / Core Theory of Change  Limiting overlay problems wherever possible  Address the core issues as constructively as possible

39. Overlay Problems: Escalation Escalation Relationship Communication Collaboration Core