From table to termites: A conversation with Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach

A excerpts from a conversation discussing contemporary Mennonite peace witness with Sarah and Jonathan Nahar.

The Dynamic Interdependencies of Practice and Scholarship

An editorial exploring the dynamic feedback between scholarship and practice in the peace studies field, interdependencies that provide the foundation for conflict engagement and challenge existing understandings and approaches.

Fostering Culturally Responsive Courts: The Case of Family Dispute Resolutions for Latinos

An article focusing on how mediation services can be improved to better reflect the culture-based needs and expectations of Latino litigants.

Mediating Conflict in Central America

A study focusing on how mediation has been used in conflict management within Nicaragua with particular reference to the Esquipulas peace process.

Knowledge as the Basis of Training

A summary of the characteristics of two groups of participants in a conflict resolution training event. 

Elicitive/Catalyst: The Creation of Appropriate Models

A model outlining the goals, roles, and fundamental elements involved in a "pure elicitive" conflict resolution training process.

Approaches to Training

A matrix linking conflict resolutionary and transformative approaches to training.

“Yes, But Are They Talking?”: Some Thoughts on the Trainer as Student

Reflections emergent from cross-cultural conflict and mediation training in Latin America.

The Mediator’s Cultural Assumptions

A brief article clarifying how North American definitions of mediation may produce crucial points of tension when directly exported to other cultures, as well as suggesting factors for mediators to consider when moving between different cultural settings.