Peacebuilding

Explore our archive of articles on Peacebuilding.

Sacred Diplomacy in the Emerging Ecozoic Era

Essay

International diplomats are worn out from the toxic politics, overriding militarism, and positional bargaining for land, money, and power that define present negotiations.

Published in Winter 2018 By Merle Lefkoff

Unlearning Together

Keynote

...We’ve entered the era that the Hopis predicted in their prophecies of the “great purification,” the unstoppable entropy of not only our external political, economic and ecological systems, but above all the unexamined assumptions underlying those systems.

Published in Summer 2018 By Martin Winiecki

Thomas Hübl’s The Pocket Project: Facilitating the Integration of Collective Trauma

Article

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2017 By Julie Jordan Avritt, Thomas Hübl

New Approaches to Healing Collective Conflict and Trauma: Our Responsibility as Global Citizens*

Article

Thomas Hübl and William Ury "This is the beginning of what we need, a vocabulary for how we talk about a process that we don’t even have words yet to describe—what actually is happening at the biochemical, genetic, psychological, and spiritual levels as the process of peace is being made." -Ury

Published in Spring | Summer 2017 By William Ury, Thomas Hübl

Dealing With the Darkness of What Humans Do to Humans

Article

This article shows how in response to thuggish forces the qualities of feminine intelligence—available to men as to women—can enable […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2017 By Scilla Elworthy, PhD

A Model for Building Safe Communities: The River Phoenix Center for Peacebuilding Leads the Way

Article

We share our model as an inspiration and affirmation that work is being done that builds safe community. We know […]

Published in Spring | Summer 2016 By Dot Maver, Heart Phoenix

Citizens Peace Movement of Iraq

Article

KOSMOS: Let’s begin, Kai, with an overview. We want to give our Kosmos readers a sense of you, your work, […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Kai Brand-Jacobsen

Women Cross DMZ to Make Peace in Korean Peninsula

Article

Women’s Hope to End Longest Forgotten War Thirty international women peacemakers from 15 countries walked across the demilitarized zone between […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2015 By Chung Hyun Kyung

Roadmap: A Movement of Movements

Article

We in the progressive movement have been aware for some time that we tend to be ‘siloed’ in our respective […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2014 By Michael Nagler

Planting Seeds of Peace in Liberia

Article

The story I want to share with you is a story of determination, courage, and collective action begun by the […]

Published in Fall | Winter 2014 By Cynthia Jurs