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Women, It Matters What We’re Leaders Of
Sometimes when you bring a group of leaders together, you end up in a sadistic power struggle. I guess that pretty much describes our daily headlines. I first experienced this phenomenon during a month-long trek through southwest wilderness with fifteen other male...
Sahel Peace Dialogues
French translation below / Version française ci-dessous Throughout the Central Sahara and Western African Sahel region, the Tuareg, Fulani, Dogon, and Songhay tribes have long struggled over territory and resources, but increasing radicalization supported by...
It’s What They’re Not Saying That is Most Dangerous
Last night Genocide Watch at the School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution hosted a screening of the film of the 2001 film, Conspiracy. This film provided an attempted reenactment of the 1942 Wannsee Conference during which...
Who put the “tank” in “Think Tank”? Violence in American English
There seems to be quite a bit of violence in American English... A few blogs back, I wrote about the U.S. obsession with making everything a "Boot Camp." Boot camp is something new military recruits would endure to prepare them for life as a soldier and in worst...
Guns Aren’t Just In Schools, They’re In Your Bananas
Many of us have been worried about the amount of guns moving about the United States. There are more guns than people at this point. It's amazing we don't stumble on them on the way to work. Even though I study corporate accountability for mass atrocity, I did not...
Violent Places: Everyday Politics & Public Lives in Post-Dayton Bosnia & Herzegovina by Tobias Greiff
I first met Tobias while he had a research position at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. He moved around the halls carrying a white mug that said, “war crimes.” When you held this mug with your right hand you saw nothing...
Best Negotiation Preparation? Know what you have & what you “really” want…
Published in, The Negotiation Society, Issue Three, November 2018. My first semester at the University of Baltimore, I taught masters students the negotiation strategies I had learned from the Harvard Business School and from my decade-long career as a senior...
Reclaiming Joy on a Crowded French Metro
No one can deny that Paris is filled with many joys. Paris is also the birthplace of existentialism for a reason. When it rains, is cold, crowded and cranky, Paris can suck delight away as quickly as it gave it over. Tragic Paris in the Rain Yesterday offered...
We Called Her “Fluff” but She Was Made of Stronger Stuff
In this photo is "Fluff" (Mary) Capua and my mother. Fluff died last week and now that she's gone I'm willing to share her. When she was alive, I almost wanted to keep her to myself. That was a mistake though, because this woman ironically named "Fluff" had a love...
Eating With Kostek Gebert: Why Siberia & What World War II Heroes Had In Common
April 10th, in the bustling student center of Grinnell College, over 100 students, faculty and staff gathered for a seder. A visiting faculty, I found a seat next to another visiting professor-- Kostek Gerbert, a Polish journalist and Jewish activist well known for...
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