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create metaphors / challenging established schemes / my resolution This brilliant illustrated metaphor is credited to Paul Blow at the Guardian titled: Elections in the Islamic states: – 10th April 2010
December 2, 2014
This post was previously shared on The Bridge in the series titled: “The #Human Project: Professional Views on the Army’s Human Dimension White Paper.” The views expressed here are the author’s alone and do not reflect those of the Joint Staff or the Department of Defense. As expected in a paper of this nature, The Human […]
February 4, 2014
understand conflict fear, honor, and interest finding peace within In consideration of the role of aesthetics in the field of conflict analysis and resolution, my professor asked that we create a haiku that represents our vision of the field. I suspect aesthetics has been part of an undercurrent of not only conflict analysis and resolution […]
December 31, 2013
Thankfully the Center for Preventive Action’s recent release of its Preventive Priorities Survey: 2014 doesn’t include the Balkans on its list of conflicts that could break out or escalate in the next year. So why am I still drawn to the Balkans in my study of conflict analysis and resolution? There certainly are a number […]
October 19, 2013
As I haven’t posted here in a long while, I thought I would share my response to a professor’s encouragement to try to describe what is happening today in the world and what may follow. I know at least one person who enjoyed it (http://erzaaruqaj.com/) As I am amidst a transformation from national security analyst […]
January 1, 2013
Updated December 2013 I am reviewing my reading list I put together for 2013. It appears that other reading requirements sure got the best of this list. Here’s the list with edits and carry overs for next year’s list: The Revenge of Geography, Robert Kaplan (move to 2014) The New American Militarism, Andrew Bacevich Hybrid […]
November 23, 2012
Last week I referred to a Foreign Policy blog post by Micah Zenko and how it relates to my transition from national security studies to peace studies. I’d like to share that post here in its entirety as it is definitely something I am ruminating on. First, the “security paradox” that General Dempsey refers to […]
November 15, 2012
Today’s Foreign Policy blog by Micah Zenko spoke to the heart of my PhD admissions essay. When referring to an exchange about cooperation between defense and diplomacy, Gen. David Petraeus noted: “…when it comes to the conflict prevention, that one I have to put my thinking cap on and figure out.” Where is the bridge […]
May 18, 2012
A common source of reference is emerging in my study of multi-paradigm conflict analysis: Lederach and Dugan. In Tom Woodhouse and Oliver Ramsbotham’s, Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution, the chapter on “Theoretical Frameworks” discusses an integrated model for peace building based off of John Paul Lederach research. While not squarely meeting the intent of the question […]
May 17, 2012
Continuing to pull on the thread of “Multi-Paradigmatic Conflict Analysis” I have found a conference paper by Cathryn Thurston that begins to frame the problem. Professor Thurston suggests that conflict analysis as a constituent part of conflict resolution is neglected. She suggests that conflict interventions have not been designed from the foundation of a comprehensive […]
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