10 Lessons Learned Wandering in Peacebuilding

At a recent lecture with our good colleagues at the University of Hawaii’s program on conflict resolution I reflected on a few lessons learned over some twenty-five years of working internationally in settings of conflict. As I jotted down a few ideas what came bouncing out were proverbs creating a kind of Dave Letterman list, though I am not sure I would argue that one is more important than another. In brief, this might be considered a top ten list of things that the international arena, especially the many settings of struggling with protracted and violent conflict, has taught me about life and the vocation of peacebuilding…