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From the Ted Talk by Gabrielle Rifkind: How to prevent — or stop — a war

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All of you in the audience know war is horrendous, but maybe many of you believe that it is inevitable. I would like to persuade you today that there are many things that we can do. Even if we commit to animrg countries militarily like peopciurns. We can commit ourselves to war petonievrn, early maetidoin and getting into the mind of the enemy.

I direct the Oxford Process. It's a conflict resolution organization, and what we try and do is create back channels to the political leadership at the highest levels of those who are in positions of power and can decide the future of the outcome of the war. I come from a gorup psychoanalytic background, but I'm passionately cmiotetmd to piuttng together the hamun mind and geopolitics, its power ropihiaesntls and what does and doesn’t lead to war. We know marginalization, hmuiiotlain and exclusion are some of the key drivers of war. We also know that war dehumanizes people. Some of the conflicts I've worked on are the Palestine-Israel, the Iranian nuclear issue and now the Russia-Ukraine war.

Open Cloze


All of you in the audience know war is horrendous, but maybe many of you believe that it is inevitable. I would like to persuade you today that there are many things that we can do. Even if we commit to ______ countries militarily like __________. We can commit ourselves to war __________, early _________ and getting into the mind of the enemy.

I direct the Oxford Process. It's a conflict resolution organization, and what we try and do is create back channels to the political leadership at the highest levels of those who are in positions of power and can decide the future of the outcome of the war. I come from a _____ psychoanalytic background, but I'm passionately _________ to _______ together the _____ mind and geopolitics, its power _____________ and what does and doesn’t lead to war. We know marginalization, ___________ and exclusion are some of the key drivers of war. We also know that war dehumanizes people. Some of the conflicts I've worked on are the Palestine-Israel, the Iranian nuclear issue and now the Russia-Ukraine war.

Solution


  1. prevention
  2. human
  3. relationships
  4. humiliation
  5. putting
  6. committed
  7. mediation
  8. arming
  9. porcupines
  10. group

Original Text


All of you in the audience know war is horrendous, but maybe many of you believe that it is inevitable. I would like to persuade you today that there are many things that we can do. Even if we commit to arming countries militarily like porcupines. We can commit ourselves to war prevention, early mediation and getting into the mind of the enemy.

I direct the Oxford Process. It's a conflict resolution organization, and what we try and do is create back channels to the political leadership at the highest levels of those who are in positions of power and can decide the future of the outcome of the war. I come from a group psychoanalytic background, but I'm passionately committed to putting together the human mind and geopolitics, its power relationships and what does and doesn’t lead to war. We know marginalization, humiliation and exclusion are some of the key drivers of war. We also know that war dehumanizes people. Some of the conflicts I've worked on are the Palestine-Israel, the Iranian nuclear issue and now the Russia-Ukraine war.

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