South Caucasus Mediation and Dialogue Initiative

Myths and conflict in the South Caucasus (English)

A training manual in critical thinking
International Alert

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March, 2013
International Alert
72 pages
London, UK
978-1-909578-12-8

This new training manual is designed to promote critical thinking towards enemy images and discourses at the heart of the conflict dynamic in the South Caucasus. Designed to be useful for professionals such as teachers, students, journalists and peacebuilding practitioners, the training should equip participants with tools to resist the manipulation of public opinion through invented stereotypes.

This new training manual is designed to promote critical thinking towards enemy images and discourses at the heart of the conflict dynamic in the South Caucasus.

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