In some parts of the world, violent conflict has been going on for decades. In others, such as the United States, increasing fragmentation and polarization is creating fresh violence. Some established democracies are arguably eroding, and new ones struggle to take root. Can we learn to manage our differences so as to build and sustain peace and democracy?
For 30 years, Reos Partners has been forging innovative approaches to peace, democracy, and governance in deeply and often violently conflicted places. We’ve learned and continue to learn a great deal through projects in places like Colombia, torn by civil war for more than a half century; South Africa, still fractured by the legacy of apartheid; and Thailand, with its cycle of coups.
We don’t work in the traditional style of peace negotiators or mediators,but rather as guides. Our multicultural teams are practiced in being with extreme polarities and tensions, and with helping people to find a peaceful way forward together — not necessarily by resolving their differences, but despite these. And we have repeatedly seen that even in complex, entrenched conflicts, real progress toward reconciliation and renewal is possible.
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