Category: Politics

Every ending is just a new beginning. We just don’t know it at the time.  Mediators inhabit this strange world...

I.      Into the Fray   The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem....

Another episode from Mediate.com's Great Reads Book Club: Grade Lum talking about his book "America's Peacemakers: The Community Relations Service...

Elder Frustration The term “elder frustration” is used to describe frustration that adult children, caregivers and sometimes professionals experience when...

“[I]t was impossible to have a proper grasp of humanitarianism, culture, and democracy if one endorsed [the Nazi] conception, or...

“In our age there is no such thing as “keeping out of politics.”  All issues are political issues, and politics...

Global Mediation Development: Developing Cultures of Mediation             Chair: Tara Ollapally Members: Obi-Farinde Morenike, Bruce...

We have taken democracy for granted, and allowed it to be undermined and chipped away by elected officials, for whom...

“Our trust in the future has lost its innocence. We know now that anything can happen from one minute to...

First published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer (cleveland.com/opinion) on Dec. 11, 2020.Even after the election results are finalized and the...

Reprinted from the article here.The world is watching one of the most divisive periods in American history. Right against left,...

Civility, respect, understanding, and the willingness to listen. These are core conversational virtues that are universally appreciated. What’s interesting is...

Globally, as waves of nationalism and existentialism begin to unsettle democratic institutions, as ideologies driven by hatred conspire to digitally...

From Pollack Peacebuilding BlogBackground & Theory: Democracy allows for people of different beliefs to resolve their differences peacefully, often requiring...

Originally published in the Wiley Online Library. The Tragedy of Social Learning When the Learning is Anti-Social It is always...

Originally published in the Wiley Online Library. In Getting Disputes Resolved (Ury, Brett, and Goldberg 1988), we pointed out that...

Originally published in the Wiley Online Library. Introduction The world of conflict, negotiation, and public policy mediation has markedly changed...

Originally published in the Wiley Online Library.Trump’s Advice to Negotiators In his earlier career, Donald Trump was a successful builder...

Originally published in the Wiley Online Library.Review of Martin E. Latz. "The Real Trump Deal: An Eye-Opening Look at How...

Read the 2nd part in the series here:Disgust and fear are primary affects for the right, while a benign sense...

The attempted negotiation concerning the government shutdown and border security is viewed by many as a tragedy of historic proportion,...

Part one available here: , the first part of the Fault Lines article Part three available here: , the third...

Read Part 2 here: Fault Lines article, Part 2. Part I. It is not difficult to discern that within and...

In the U. S. and around the world, we are mired in political conflicts that are filled with bitterness and...

The President and Congress have engaged in bad bargaining practices. They have said and done things that create obstacles to...

From Accord3  Blog, organized with Peter Adler Review Part 1 and Part 2 hereInterestingly, since beginning of this series of...

From Joy Rosenthal's Blog.On June 30, I joined about 30,000 others in Foley Square in Manhattan to protest the detention...

In April 2017, the U.S. Justice Department implemented a new “zero-tolerance” policy for the detention and arrest of undocumented immigrants....

IndisputablyThe trial of Paul Manafort, which began on 7/31/18, is a good illustration of an important value of trials. A...

From Accord3  Blog, organized with Peter Adler Everyone’s talking polarization these days. Everyone’s talking the divide, the deep chasm between...