High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out - A Conversation with Amanda Ripley

june 9, 2021

On June 9th, 2021, AfP held an exciting conversation with Amanda Ripley, New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist, as she discussed her newly published book, High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out. Amanda Ripley investigates how good people get captured by high conflict—and how they break free.

People in dramatically different situations can be drawn into high conflict by similar forces. But ultimately, we can transform high conflict into something good, something that makes us better people. Individuals—even entire communities—can short-circuit the feedback loops of outrage and blame, if they want to. This is a mind-opening new way to think about conflict that will transform how we do peacebuilding work at home and abroad.