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Why We Need Leaders to Be Heroes or Villains Beyond Either/Or: The Practice of Complexity A Monthly Series Issue 2 • August 2026 When I teach about Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the …

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Why We Love Choosing Sides Beyond Either/Or: The Practice of Complexity A Monthly Series Issue 1 • July 2026 In my introductory course in peace and conflict studies, I run many simulations to …

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To a place where you can be courageous but with compassion

FORGIVENESS IN LEADERSHIP A COMPASSIONATE ROAD P U S H P A I Y E R Introduction When advised to forgive those who have harmed me the suggestion feels dismissive and hurtful Everyone assures me it is…

Leadership approaches are often shaped by personal experiences of injustice, with many leaders carrying deep wounds from past betrayals, marginalization, or perceived slights.

The USIP Learning Agenda An Evidence Review What Constitutes Effective Use of Evidence to Inform Peacebuilding Proj ect Design Ruth Rhoads Allen President and Chief Collaboration Officer CDA…

September 28, 2022, 3:30PM ET/12:30PM PT—Dr. Pushpa Iyer is a strategically minded executive and thought-leader, with 25+ years of experience championing international education, racial equity, and peacebuilding efforts. By drawing on a…

By Julie Reynolds Martínez People talk about decolonizing everything these days, from health care to art to office spaces. (My version involves studying the benefits of decolonized diets, as taught by notable Indigenous chefs of the Americas.) A

Every day we wake up to the news of someone losing their job because they said or acted in ways that allegedly offended, discriminated, and (violently) harmed members of an identity group. While some public figures must be held to the highest le

The abortion debate is back in full force! It had never really gone away. Agreed. But how is this even possible that decades after Roe vs. Wade, the US Supreme Court’s landmark 1973 decision giving women the right to terminate their pregnancy, is

Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui is a 2021 Bollywood film directed by Abhishek Kapoor and released on Netflix. The film presents the love story of a trans woman and a very masculine, macho bodybuilder. The film is located in Chandigarh, north India, and

The former is always better, without a doubt. But unfortunately, most people today would rather cancel someone than constructively engage in conflict with someone else. Canceling someone is easy; it is lazy because it does not require us to do m