Leo's Links HR Day 682
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_II_diplomacy:: ("Track II diplomacy or 'backchannel diplomacy' is the practice of "non-governmental, informal and unofficial contacts and activities between private citizens or groups of individuals, sometimes called 'non-state actors'". )
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/26229153:: (Review of Track Two Diplomacy: In Theory and Practice by Peter Jones; Review by: Happymon Jacob 2015. "This book is unique, and a must-read —whether one is an academic, conflict resolution specialist or government official— principally because it offers refreshing insights about conflict resolution, theory building and bridging the theory-practice divide in international relations.")
- https://archive.org/details/talkingtoenemytr0000kaye:: (borrow Talking to the enemy : track two diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia by Dalia Dassa Kaye, 2007)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqXu-5jw60:: (9:14 Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle Civil Defense film)
- https://networks.h-net.org/node/28443/reviews/112799/quinn-jones-track-two-diplomacy-theory-and-practice:: (Review by Jason Quinn 2016)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357817207_Interactive_Peacemaking_A_People-Centered_Approach:: (2002 This book specifically focuses on peacemaking in the Georgian-South Ossetian context. 158 pp.)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359145119_Better_together_Civil_society_coordination_during_peace_negotiations:: (2022 Based on a comparative analysis of Guatemala and El Salvador 20 pp.)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341214140_Comparative_consultation_The_theory_and_practice_of_'sharing_lessons'_between_peace_processes:: (2020 by David Mitchell "The empirical section is based on semi-structured interviews with 16 practitioners – primarily conflict resolution non-governmental organisation personnel and academics – who have facilitated dialogues on peace process topics such as negotiation, transitional justice, grassroots peacebuilding" 31 pp)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356613928_Some_Reflections_on_the_Role_of_Power_in_Track_II_Mediation:: (2021 by Evan Hoffman "Power intersects the mediation process at every stage and is deeply embedded in the process, its design and structure, as well as who facilitates it." 8 pp)
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1070&context=senior-theses:: (Humanization of the Enemy: The Pacifist Soldier and France in World War One by Daniel E. Stockman 2017 "An essential quality of a pacifist soldier is an ability to humanize the enemy. The nature of the pacifist soldier’s ability to humanize an enemy demonstrates the qualities of humanity necessary to resist the degradations of warfare on philosophical grounds." 43 pp)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzvopt5gwtg:: (15:04 Humanising the Enemy: Ben Yeger at TEDxWarwick 2013)
- https://charitysplace.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/humanizing-the-enemy/:: ("Searching for truth in popular entertainment.")
- https://www.dw.com/en/worldlink-humanizing-the-enemy/audio-39686951:: (8:09 "War photographer Ben Khelifa spent years covering conflicts around the world before deciding he wanted his work to have more of an impact. His latest project, "The Enemy," uses virtual reality technology to bring the audience face-to-face with fighters from different sides, with the ultimate aim of changing their attitudes to war and building empathy.")
- https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1137&context=studentpub:: (Context Matters: Exploring Methods of Dissonance Reduction in Conflict Resolution by James L. Martherus 2015 "One of the first steps in intergroup conflict resolution is to humanize the "enemy" or outgroup. Unfortunately, this humanization often fails. My goal in this paper is to answer the following question: Why does positive information about a group sometimes lead to negative responses?" 25 pp)
- https://www.fa-mag.com/news/humanizing-with-humor-15852.html:: ("Humor can humanize a person or brand, evoking positive emotions. 'Humor demonstrates authenticity,” Tim Washer said. “It cuts through the noise.'... His advice suggested not making things too complex. Plus, if there is over analysis, it keeps from successful storytelling. 'If you make someone laugh, it is going to work. You can’t hate something that everyone loves' ")
- https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/humor-serious-business:: (2017 by Joel Stein "The reason humor works as a bridge (just go with it) is that laughter sparks the release of oxytocin, a hormone that facilitates social bonding, increases trust, and quickens self-disclosure.)
- https://www.iwp.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/20060209_RidiculeasaWeapon2.2.1.pdf:: (Ridicule as a Weapon By J. Michael Waller, The Institute of World Politics 2006 10 pp)
Jodie Evans: ::https://www.codepink.org/danielellsbergweek::
Janice Hall : ::https://worldbeyondwar.org/::
Kurt Krueger:
- https://youtu.be/wE8b66ggrMo:: (PeaceMaker Meditation)
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/420280:: (Space Bridges: The U. S.-Soviet Space Bridge Resource Center by Helene Keyssar 1994 7 pp)
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/ps-political-science-and-politics/article/space-bridges-the-ussoviet-space-bridge-resource-center/5ECF687D9D6C0A2D2A03CC0A2B33BBF7:: (pdf available. Note 1: "James Hickman, a co-producer of the two earliest attempts at space bridges between music concerts in California and studios in Moscow, has shared his unpublished account of those events with me. At the time, Hickman was director of the Esalen U.S.-Soviet Exchange Program. The UCSD Resource Center holds a copy of Hickman's 90-plus page narrative. It can be read at the archive with the author's permission. Some of the same material appears in Hickman, James, 1985. Spacebridges: A Handbook on Soviet American Satellite Communication [draft 2.5] Washington, D.C. Google Scholar Institute for Soviet-American Relations. This handbook is the precursor to the Citizen Exchange Council Handbook (1989) noted below.")
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%E2%80%93Soviet_Space_Bridge:: ("According to Pozner's book, Parting With Illusions, many U.S. TV companies did not want to purchase those space bridges. Thus only eight million people in the U.S. watched the programs, versus 180 million in the USSR.")
- https://english.pravda.ru/russia/1056-space/:: (The 20th anniversary of the first space bridge between Moscow and Los Angeles - - 5 September, 2002 by Petr Ernilin)
- https://ria.ru/20071029/85788741.html:: (The first space teleconference: a first-hand story 2007 - translate to english)
- https://ukraineworld.org/articles/analysis/how-humor-helps-ukrainians:: (How Humor Helps Ukrainians Withstand War Atrocities July 21, 2022 ... focuses on the way Ukrainians have managed to balance negative thoughts and good humour to keep themselves together through the everyday reality of war.)
Stanley Pokras: ::https://othernetworks.org/Kala_Perkins:: (Kala produced two Humanity Rising episodes on the Cosmos.)
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/THE_VOICE_AND_THE_VOID/Q8BjDwAAQBAJ:: (The Voice and the Void: On Humor and Postmodernity By Miriam Fernández Santiago · 2005 (orig.); 86 pp preview)
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Our_Own_Worst_Enemy_as_Protector_of_Ours/FlnevF2ylmMC:: (Our Own Worst Enemy as Protector of Ourselves: Stereotypes, Schemas, and Typifications as Integral Elements in the Persuasive Process By Byron Ben Renz · 2010; 38 pp preview "Much of the non-logical element in our argument taps the reservoir of unconscious understandings, feelings, expectations, and values that we have coded and stored in our unconscious minds in the form of stereotypes, schemas, and typifications. Our internal packets of stored values and beliefs may constitute our own worst enemy as they militate against creative thought and forward-looking change.")
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Christianity_and_the_Triumph_of_Humor/WxGjDwAAQBAJ:: (Christianity and the Triumph of Humor: From Dante to David Javerbaum By Bernard Schweizer · 2019; 26pp preview. "Humor is a powerful rhetorical tool for those who advocate and for those who satirize religious ideals.... the book exposes and overturns past attempts by church authorities, scholars, and commentators to limit and control laughter based on religious, ideological, or moral criteria.")
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SLIDE 1 CONTENT < Jim Hickman
"Track Il" diplomacy grew out of the observation that private individuals, meeting unofficially, can find their way to common ground that official negotiators can't. Put bluntly, "citizens could take some action rather than simply being bystanders while the grown-up governments acted like jerks," says Joseph V. Montville, the former Foreign Service officer who first put the term down on paper in the pages of Foreign Policy 30 years ago.
Governments once viewed Track Il as a kind of feel-good exercise at best, and at worst as a genuine threat — freelance diplomacy, after all, can damage the real kind. But four decades later, many of them have come to understand that an era of unconventional conflicts requires unconventional solutions.
An American U-2 spy plane in Soviet airspace is shot down, leading to a full-blown Cold War diplomatic crisis. President Dwight Eisenhower's friend Norman Cousins, editor of the Saturday Review, convenes a gathering of unofficial American and Soviet delegations at Dartmouth College. The meeting establishes the blueprint for Track Il diplomacy.
Soviet tanks roll into Afghanistan, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter cuts off contact with the Kremlin. The following year, California New Agers Michael and Dulce Murphy convene a conference at the Esalen Institute to promote unofficial citizen exchanges with the Soviets. Joseph V. Montville, tells attendees, "I suppose you could say what I do is Track I diplomacy, and what you do is Track Il diplomacy."
SLIDE 2
Principles of Esalen's Citizen Diplomacy
Know your ideals, values and be true to them
Design projects that illustrate/embody values
Process as important as product / means are the ends
Right ratio of surrender to action
Maintain your center / keep your practice strong
Understand your intentions & motivations; be at peace with your ego
Seek out the brotherhood/sisterhood for reflection
- work with the young transformationalists in both gov'ts
- Reinforce their vision; help them keep their inspiration
- The system squashes their hopes/ideals
Keep your Heart and Mind in coherence
See the world through the other's eyes
See both/and rather than either/or
Tolerance of ambiguity/tolerance of differences
- Contact is the appreciate of differences
- The more you accept yourself, the more you can accept the other
Find the grey areas and set precedents that help determine policy
Work with both gov'ts; answer questions honestly; don't volunteer info (enter the KGB, the FBI & the CIA)
Allow the goal to emerge from the process; willingness to be in the "Unknowing"
If you get a "No", ask someone else later
Criticize their weaknesses with equal fervor that we do our own
Make a long-term commitment to the process
