Conflict resolution: Wars without end

Jones, Dan D

doi:10.1038/519148a

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“…Migration is an ubiquitous phenomenon in human history. People move to improve living conditions or, simply, to escape social distress [1] and natural disasters [2]. The collection of data on migration flows dates back at least to 1871, when the United Kingdom registered the difference of inhabitants in a period of a decade [3].…”

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Migrant mobility flows characterized with digital data

Mazzoli

Diechtiareff²,

Tugores

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Monitoring migration flows is crucial to respond to humanitarian crisis and to design efficient policies. This information usually comes from surveys and border controls, but timely accessibility and methodological concerns reduce its usefulness. Here, we propose a method to detect migration flows worldwide using geolocated Twitter data. We focus on the migration crisis in Venezuela and show that the calculated flows are consistent with official statistics at country level. Our method is versatile and far-reaching, as it can be used to study different features of migration as preferred routes, settlement areas, mobility through several countries, spatial integration in cities, etc. It provides finer geographical and temporal resolutions, allowing the exploration of issues not contemplated in official records. It is our hope that these new sources of information can complement official ones, helping authorities and humanitarian organizations to better assess when and where to intervene on the ground.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrant mobility flows characterized with digital data

Mazzoli

Diechtiareff²,

Tugores

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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“…This systems approach to conflict resolution, however, has until now been developed by scholars from fields like economics, political science, biology, and other fields that rely largely on quantitative methodologies. 20 A performance studies approach via scenario thinking expands the focus from quantifiably measurable data sets to the qualitative analysis of embodied practices, historical narratives, and daily social interaction as key components in understanding and shifting the dynamics that underly division. Those working within a systems paradigm are also still susceptible to the notion that the key to conflict resolution comes from without.…”

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Scenarios of Intractability: Reframing Intractable Conflict and Its Transformation

Whigham

2019

GSP

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Reframing Intractable Conflict In the fields of atrocity and conflict prevention, certain cases continually serve as counterpoints for those advocating for the potential of bringing an end to cycles of violence. They are the cases where the divides among relevant groups seem particularly engrained, where the possibility for true peace (and not only the absence of violence) seems specifically unlikely. Some refer to these cases as deeply divided societies, 1 but more often, particularly in the conflict prevention literature, they are referred to as intractable conflicts. In these cases, societies are divided into specific identity groups, which serve as predominant organizing features in their lives and their senses of belonging. Each group tends to have its own distinct understanding of the past, which serves as a foundation for continued division. These understandings of the past are also used to legitimate continued acts of physical, institutional, economic, and social violence. Although each has its own particularities, there are similarities present across the cases. I argue, however, that by referring to these cases as "intractable conflicts," their intractability becomes somehow naturalized, appearing as an essential and immutable quality of these conflicts. In other words, the very way that the field describes and understands these specific instances of conflict is already foreclosing options for engagement and prevention, just as it is serving to obscure interventions that may have already emerged from within these conflicts that can transform the way they play out. Moreover, the language of intractability is frequently used to justify outside intervention, often in the form of trained and supposedly disinterested parties from the conflict resolution/mediation field, reinforcing a notion that the answers to transforming conflict come from without, not from within a society. To change the way one conceives of such conflict, I advocate turning to the analytical tools of performance studies, a field based on the idea that our lives are often guided by certain scripts-predetermined behaviors that play out at all levels of society, from daily interactions with individuals to the policies initiated within the halls of government. Within these scripts, we all play certain roles. 2 Certain actions are acceptable for each role, while others seem "out of character." Furthermore, history and our interpretations of it have a significant impact on these scripts. What has occurred in the past shapes what seems possible and desirable in the present and future. The past, in other words, also performs. That is, it does things. 3 Nowhere is this multi-level performance more evident than in post-atrocity societies, where the past is one characterized by large-scale, systematic violence against certain identity groups. And within this pool of societies that are, in some way, post-atrocity or post-conflict, there exists a smaller subset of societies in which conflict based on identity seems especially dogged and prolonged, an...

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“…The current Israel-Hamas war is part of an “intractable conflict” that has lasted at least 75 years ( 2 ). The persistent and ongoing collective violence in the Middle East bears a significant portion of the worldwide burden of immediate, long-term, and inter-generational impacts on health.…”

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“…Other major ongoing wars include Russia-Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar, and Maghreb ( 3 ). Such intractable conflicts, without apparent end demand innovative approaches to peacebuilding beyond conventional diplomacy, military interventions, and public health ( 2 , 4 ).…”

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Peace through health: traditional medicine meditation in the prevention of collective stress, violence, and war

Schneider,

Dillbeck,

Yeola

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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In the midst of global armed conflicts, notably the Israel-Hamas and Ukraine-Russia wars, there is an urgent need for innovative public health strategies in peacebuilding. The devastating impact of wars, including mortality, injury, disease, and the diversion of healthcare resources, necessitates effective and durable interventions. This perspective aligns with WHO recommendations and examines the role of evidence-based meditation from Ayurveda and Yoga in public health to mitigate collective stress and prevent collective violence and war. It highlights the Transcendental Meditation program, recognized for reducing stress, with contemporary evidence supporting its effectiveness in mental health, mind–body disorders, cardiovascular disease, and public health. Empirical studies with cross-cultural replications indicate that these Traditional Medicine meditation practices can reduce collective stress and prevent collective violence and war activity while improving quality of life. The mechanisms of group meditation in mitigating collective violence are explored through public health models, cognitive neuroscience, population neuroscience, quantum physics principles, and systems medicine. This perspective suggests that Transcendental Meditation and the advanced TM-Sidhi program, as a component of Traditional Medicine, can provide a valuable platform for enhancing societal well-being and peace by addressing brain-based factors fundamental to collective stress and violence.

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Conflict resolution: Wars without end

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Migrant mobility flows characterized with digital data

Migrant mobility flows characterized with digital data

Scenarios of Intractability: Reframing Intractable Conflict and Its Transformation

Peace through health: traditional medicine meditation in the prevention of collective stress, violence, and war

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