peacebuilding

The process of restoring normal relations between people. It requires the reconciliation of differences, apology and forgiveness of past harm, and the establishment of a cooperative relationship between groups, replacing the adversarial or competitive relationship that used to exist. (from http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/glossary.htm)

The following items are tagged peacebuilding.

Strategies for Humanitarian Aid Workers Who Come Into Conflict with Armed Groups

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Ruth Allen, Program Officer, Mercy Corps
Gerard McHugh, President, Conflict Dynamics Intl.
Jim Tull, International Conflict Management Specialist

Please join representatives from Conflict Dynamics International (CDI) and Mercy Corps for a discussion about their joint Humanitarian Negotiators Training Initiative (HNTI), which explores the unique situation that aid workers often face: negotiating with non-state

What Are Our Options In Iraq?

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Two perspectives from current Weatherhead Fellows

Charles L. Moore, Jr., Colonel, United States Air Force
Peter Watkins, Ministry of Defense, United Kingdom

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict. Topics examine how conflict is

Misunderstanding the US? Misunderstanding China?

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A panel discussion with Nieman Fellows Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter for the Wall Street Journal, and Rose Luwei Luqiu, Assignment Editor at Phoenix Satellite Television and Weatherhead Center Fellow Jisheng Sun, Associate Professor at China Foreign Affairs University.

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship

Immigration and the News Media

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A panel discussion with Nieman Fellows Evelyn Hernandez, Opinion Page Editor of for El Diario/La Prensa and Claudio Sanchez, Education Correspondent for National Public Radio

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict.

Reporting from Iraq: A US and British Perspective

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Dexter Filkins, Baghdad Correspondent for the New York Times and Nieman Fellow and Kate Peters, World News Producer for the BBC and Nieman Fellow

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict. Topics

Facing the Truth: BBC and Desmond Tutu Join in a Reconciliation Effort in Northern Ireland

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Janette Ballard, Producer, BBC London

On March 4-6, 2006, the BBC aired Facing the Truth, a three part television series that brought victims and perpetrators of the conflict in Northern Ireland together for dialogue. Archbishop Desmond Tutu presided over the events. Janette Ballard, producer of the series, will show one of the programs and comment on

Balancing the Security Toolkit: A Peacebuilding Perspective

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Dr. Lisa Schirch, Eastern Mennonite University

Lisa Schirch is working with a variety of partner organizations in Washington D.C. on a campaign to promote a balanced security toolkit that includes peacebuilding approaches. Building on what President Bush calls the 3 Ds of security: defense, development, and diplomacy, Dr. Schirch will analyze Secretary Rice’s new “transformational diplomacy”

Sudan at the Crossroads

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Sudan’s prospects for peace will be considered in a global context at this two-day conference organized by graduate students from The Fletcher School (Tufts University), Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) and Harvard Law School. The first day will examine the diverse parties and issues driving Sudan’s peacemaking process. The second day will explore the