A recent article by Hannah Rae Armstrong appeared in Foreign Affairs, entitled “Niger’s Coup and America’s Choice”. The article discusses a recent coup in the African country of Niger. In short, this coup was unique in that it comes after Niger has, in recent years, seemingly been transitioning to democratic ideals. The duly elected leader […]
August 12, 2023
Phyllis Pollack wrote a piece at mediate.com (February 19, 2023) entitled “Mediation is Hard”. Ms. Pollack describes one paradigm which she calls the blame game. In this model, a party basically pronounces that s/he is not to blame for the imbroglio and it is entirely the fault of the other party. This model is a […]
August 12, 2023
Need to add a new term to your mediation vocabulary. How about a “Conflict Junkie”. An article penned by John Potter at mediate.com (August 7, 2023), defines the terms and provides a solution to boot. Here it is in relevant part: “Conflict junkies often reveal themselves in a spectacular way by attempting to repeat the […]
August 12, 2023
The late Chief Rabbi of the UK, Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks, had this to say about “listening” in his last book, “Studies in Spirituality” at 252have not been heard.. “There is something profoundly spiritual about listening. It is the most effective form of conflict resolution I know. Many things can create conflict, but what sustains […]
August 30, 2023
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