philosophy

John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Varela Symposium 2018, which explored the theme, "Transforming Conflict: From Science to Real World Applications."

A conference address reflecting on the relationship between Mercy and forgetfulness on the path toward healing.

The foreword to the first volume of Acting Together: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict, which describes peacebuilding performances in regions beset by violence and internal conflicts.

A chapter that sketches the contours of a theory of strategic peacebuilding and offers practical suggestions for peacebuilding practitioners.

A chapter exploring how space is articulated, defined, and redefined by people engaging in grassroots peacebuilding as a response to context-specific situations.

A travel diary written over the course of John Paul's first trip to Myanmar in Spring 2003.

Five operating principles underpinning the basic philosophy of the peacebuilding conceptual framework.

A story of mediation and poetic friendship between a warlord and a professor that led to the talks that ended the Tajik civil war.