Can people from different cultures, religions, and standpoints ever hope to get along well?

How realistic is it to think that the U.S. will be able to communicate well with both Israel and other nations in the Middle East? What is our role in these conflicts? How can we mitigate fear, prejudice, and hatred of others? How can the U.S. recover from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?

Below are some areas to consider when exploring conflict management in international contexts:

Peace Studies

• Nobel Peace Prize, http://www.nobel.no/index.html
• The United Nations, http://www.un.org/
• Peace Net, http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/
• Search for Common Ground, http://www.sfcg.org/, is a conflict resolution and conflict prevention non-profit, non-governmental organization.
  
• The Conflict Research Corsortium Information Sources http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/ offers today's conflict news, education and training information, and conflict resolution-related stories from major online publications.
• George Mason Univerisity's Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution's, http://www.gmu.edu/departments/ICAR, offers coursework in conflict and resolution techniques in community, national, international situations.
• The Fresno Pacific University's Center for Peacemaking and Conflict Studies provides more links of interest: http://peace.fresno.edu/links.php

War and Nonviolent Protest

• U.S. Institute of Peace, http://www.usip.org/, offers information on grants, research, and publications related to international peace.
• The Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, http://www-igcc.ucsd.edu, offers publications, courses, and workshops in studying the causes of international conflict and options for international cooperation.