Teachable Moments/Learnable Moments
The coronavirus can be what we academics from the 1960s call a teachable moment. Read this post to see how and why we could make that happen.
Coronavirus–1
One Peacebuilder's Take on the Coronavirus Sooner or later comes a crisis in our affairs, and how we meet it determines our future happiness and success. Since the beginning of time, every form of life has been called upon to meet such crises.--Robert Collier This statement was in an email sent [...]
Identity
Identity issues have long been at the heart of both fields I work in--peacebuilding and comparative politics. Although I'll limit myself to peacebuilding here, the ways we define who "we" are go a long way toward causing so many of the problems we face in the world today but also point us toward ways we can solve those problems.
Peacebuilding Innovation American Style
Clayton Christensen's ideas have long shaped the way I think about peacebuilding. I've thought about that again since his death two weeks ago. Here are my current thoughts.