Conversations in Conflict Studies presents: Peter Coleman

“The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts” Peter Coleman, Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University, will explore the five percent of conflicts that end in acute and lasting antagonism. These self-perpetuating conflicts resist mediation, defy conventional wisdom, and drag on and on, worsening over time. Once we get pulled in, it is nearly impossible to escape.