Over the past three decades scholars, students and policy makers studying and engaged in conflict resolution have veered between conflict management and resolution. However, the changing nature of conflict, which is taking the form of radicalization and extremism are deeply rooted in individual's ideology, personalities and genes, hence, rendering the conventional macro-level power balance analytics obsolete. The psychology and human genetics are at the center of this evolution. This shift in conflict trends and methods of warfare in Africa and the world over demands that we search for alternative approaches, mechanisms, and innovative response. It is against this background that this new book initiates a fundamental debate on how interdisciplinary adventure could increase the understanding off man-kind and the socio-biological systems surounding man, hence, the emphasis on the discispline of Conflictology to embody scientific approaches, methods and prescription to conflict resolution. For instance, does individual's gene influence human behaviours, such as "hate"? If so, can this be corrected through gene transposition? If human relations should be anchored on "peace", what are these genetic and behavioural factors that creat "hate" and "violence"? How then, should such a gene or neurobiological system be altered in order to prevent extremism and radicalization?

This book argues that the changing nature of conflict, taking the form of radicalization and extremism, is deeply rooted in an individual's ideology, personality, biology, and psychology. Onditi deploys an interdisciplinary approach to understanding conflict through human behavior.

This handbook examines the study of international relations (IR) in Russia, giving a comprehensive analysis of historical, theoretic-conceptual, geographical, and institutional aspects. It identifies the place and role of Russia in global IR and discusses the factors that facilitate or impede the development of Russian IR studies. The contributors represent diverse Russian regions and IR schools and offer an overview of different intellectual traditions and key IR paradigms in the post-Soviet era. Filling the vacuum in international understanding of the Russian perspective on pivotal international issues, they demonstrate the continuity and change in Russia’s international policy course over the past three decades and explain how different foreign policy schools and concepts have affected Russian foreign policy making and the decision-making process. Providing a unique contribution to the discussion on non-Western IR theory, this handbook will appeal to scholars and students of international relations, Russian studies, world politics, and international studies.

This major Handbook comprises cutting-edge essays from leading scholars in the field of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (CAR). The volume provides a comprehensive overview of the core concepts, theories, approaches, processes, and intervention designs in the field. The central theme is the value of multidisciplinary approaches to the analysis and

The Conflict - Resolve It Creatively. Practical training in conflictology, presents a productive creative approach to the questions of conflictology. The original concept of conflictology is not only a science over creative decisions of conflicts, but also an art and practical experience of preventive maintenance and decision of business and personal conflict situations. This book represents a picture of life without a conflict, enters diplomacy of conflictology, shows creative features of psychology of conflicts, presents stages of internal analysis of a conflict and phases of its decision as well as it displays educational steps of developing conflictology methods. This all-round book guides readers to reach for changes and to use constructive methods of productive interaction. Developing experience of the decision of situational and intrapersonal conflicts should allow anyone to gain new experience on how to solve conflicts and to overcome their consequences; it should open a more successful internal and frank occasion of conflicts, to cope with conflict prevention techniques, to become skilled in controlling art over both external and internal conflicts and behaviour, and to make use of a reasonable and almost psychological experience. The Conflict - Resolve It Creatively is some kind of a treatise on conflictology with an underlining idea of training and acquisition of new experience. The author, in the form of a meaningful dialogue, invites the readers who might be interested, to join her and look into all details and covert reasons for both destructive and constructive conflicts.

Even though international peacebuilding has rapidly expanded in the last two decades to respond to more multi-faceted and complex conflicts, the field has lagged behind in documenting the impact and success of projects. To help address this gap, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, one of the leading networks in the field, has brought together 13 stories of innovative peacebuilding practices from around the world in Building Peace. While the projects covered are diverse in nature, together they demonstrate the significant impact of peacebuilding work. Contributors created new institutions to prevent and manage conflicts at the local or national levels, helped restore relationships in conflict-affected communities, and empowered citizens to work for positive change in their societies across ethnic, religious, and political divides. It’s clear that there is no quick fix for violence but this volume will go a long way in providing inspiration and practical tools for policymakers, academics and practitioners who seek to make significant and valuable contributions towards achieving peace.

Apart from the Study Group's Barcelona Report, it contains fifteen studies especially commissioned by the Study Group to help develop its approach."--Jacket.