How can we make a conflict peaceful
Read Time: 4 minutesConflict? Simply put, conflict is a relationship between two or more parties who have, or think they have, diverging objectives, differing perspectives, conflicts of interest, misunderstanding, dissimilar needs, or transgression over earned rights. The conflict has many definitions, sides, and reasons. It could envelop two or more parties and could pertain to self-conflict, for it […]
Conflict Analysis Tools
Read Time: 6 minutesMost Important Research References in the Conflict Transformation field The absolute number of war casualties has been decreasing since 1946 worldwide. Still, conflict and violence are on the rise nowadays, where most of which stem between non-state active elements, e.g., political militias, criminal groups, and international terrorists. Unresolved regional tensions, the fall of law supremacy, […]
Asking about What a Wife is Cooking, Wearing a Shawl, and 8 Other Skills To Become an Active Insider Mediator
Read Time: 6 minutesWe always hear of community individuals called “insider mediators”, who can play an interfering role in conflicts, who are socially accepted as such, whom are heard out by conflict parties. They often take the initiative in turning the tide in conflicts or resolving them, and they are keen on understanding their communities and ongoing conflicts […]
Mediation: The Art of Knowing the Wishes of Conflict Parties
Read Time: 7 minutesMediation: The Art of Knowing the Wishes of Conflict Parties “I sometimes lie when I talk to the conflict parties,” one insider mediator said, “I tell them the other side wants to talk with them, even if they have told me they do not want to talk.” But then he corrected himself: “Well, in a […]
How the mediator designs the process to go from “No” to “Yes”
Read Time: 5 minutesHow the mediator designs the process to go from “No” to “Yes” The truck stopped and workers unloaded the furniture agreed upon between the merchant and the manager of the educational institution, but some seats were clearly broken and damaged, and when the manager saw that, she refused to receive the furniture and asked the […]