Tags: Peace, Conflict resolution, Nonviolence, Futures methodology, Peacebuilding, Prevention strategies

Futures thinking may hold the key to some of these challenges we face when attempting to break out of cycles of violence and create futures radically different from our present and our past. Futures thinking after all, “seeks to help individuals and organizations better understand the processes of change so that wiser preferred futures can be created (Inayatullah, 2008).” It also offers a systematic way to think about the future in order to break out of cycles of violence, and achieve change by peaceful means. The rest of this paper will attempt to showcase the specific ways in which futures thinking methodology may offer novel ways to break out of cycles of violence and help build peaceful societies.

Future Peace Breaking Cycles of Violence through Futures Thinking.pdf