BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:POLARIZATION: THE PATHOLOGY OF PEACE REGISTER NOW TOPIC: The polarization of human communities is perhaps the most readily recognized condition in the science of politics\; it directly challenges the “first law” of political science: “united we stand\; divided we fall.” As has long been demonstrated\, man’s hubris has led him to believe that\, through the exercise of coercive power\, he becomes the master of his fate . As a result\, war has plagued humanity since long before the inception o f modern civilization. In fact\, “civilization” has served to increase man’s destructive “power” to the point where it threatens the very existence of both civility and humanity on earth. The science of politi cal behavior has emerged only recently\, enabled by the advent of computat ion science and its application to advances in informational science. Know ledge can\, and will\, set us free from the scourge\, or social pathology\ , of war. Knowledge and understanding make “peace possible.” BIO: Dr. Monty G. Marshall is a macro-comparative and political behavioral r esearcher\, theorist\, analyst\, and consultant specializing in complex so cietal-systems analytics\, examining the critical nexus among societal and systemic conflict\, governance\, and development dynamics with emphasis o n the problem of political violence. He has directed the Center for System ic Peace (systemicpeace.org) since 1997 which produces data informatics on conflict\, governance\, and development for 168 countries in the world: s upported data resources include the Polity5\, Minorities at Risk\, Major E pisodes of Political Violence\, State Fragility\, Coups\, Electoral Boycot ts\, and Executive and Party Structures public datasets. He was a full-tim e subcontractor and consultant providing key data and analytics in support of the global conflict forecasting efforts of the US Government’s Polit ical Instability Task Force for over twenty years (1998-2020)\; he holds d egrees from the Universities of Colorado\, Maryland\, and Iowa (University Fellowship) and has held academic positions at the Universities of South Florida\, Maryland and George Mason\, In 2010\, he established an independ ent think tank\, Societal-Systems Research Inc. Publications include the b ook Third World War\, the Peace and Conflict and Global Report serials\, a nd a two-volume video book: Managing Complexity in Modern Societal-Systems . Recent publications include “Measurement of Political Conflict” (202 6)\; “Societal-System Analytics and the Problem of Factionalism in Emerg ing (and Declining) Democracies” (2023)\; and “Hybrid Authority System s and Instability” (2023). You will receive a link on August 6\, 2026\, to join the Zoom meeting at 6:30 pm Denver time. LOOK FOR YOUR TIME ABOVE AND WATCH FOR A LINK FROM JIM HALDERMAN IN YOUR EMAIL THURSDAY MORN ING OF THE EVENT. Also\, in case you miss this exciting program\, you c an look for the recording (and the entire library) on the following Forum for Discussion portal: FORUM FOR DISCUSSION PORTAL DTEND:20260807T013000Z DTSTAMP:20261103T073932Z DTSTART:20260807T003000Z LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:Polarization: the Pathology of Peace UID:2e7fa9dc-399d-427f-92f5-0c7a1bbab18c X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

POLARIZATION: THE PATHOLOGY OF PEACE

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TO PIC: \; \;The polarization of human communities is perhap s the most readily recognized condition in the science of politics\; it di rectly challenges the &ldquo\;first law&rdquo\; of political science: &ldq uo\;united we stand\; divided we fall.&rdquo\; As has long been demonstrat ed\, man&rsquo\;s hubris has led him to believe that\, through the exercis e of coercive power\, he becomes the master of his fate. As a result\, war has plagued humanity since long before the inception of modern civilizati on. In fact\, &ldquo\;civilization&rdquo\; has served to increase man&rsqu o\;s destructive &ldquo\;power&rdquo\; to the point where it threatens the very existence of both civility and humanity on earth.
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\nThe science of political behavior has emerged only recently\, enabled by the advent of computation science and its application to advances in in formational science. Knowledge can\, and will\, set us free from the scour ge\, or social pathology\, of war. \; Knowledge and understanding make &ldquo\;peace possible.&rdquo\;
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\nBIO: \; Dr. Monty G. Marshall is a macro-comparative an d political behavioral researcher\, theorist\, analyst\, and consultant sp ecializing in complex societal-systems analytics\, examining the critical nexus among societal and systemic conflict\, governance\, and development dynamics with emphasis on the problem of political violence. He has direct ed the Center for Systemic Peace (systemicpeace.org) since 1997 which prod uces data informatics on conflict\, governance\, and development for 168 c ountries in the world: supported data resources include the Polity5\, Mino rities at Risk\, Major Episodes of Political Violence\, State Fragility\, Coups\, Electoral Boycotts\, and Executive and Party Structures public dat asets. He was a full-time subcontractor and consultant providing key data and analytics in support of the global conflict forecasting efforts of the US Government&rsquo\;s Political Instability Task Force for over twenty y ears (1998-2020)\; he holds degrees from the Universities of Colorado\, Ma ryland\, and Iowa (University Fellowship) and has held academic positions at the Universities of South Florida\, Maryland and George Mason\, In 2010 \, he established an independent think tank\, Societal-Systems Research In c. Publications include the book Third World War\, the Peace and Conflict and Global Report serials\, and a two-volume vi deo book: Managing Complexity in Modern Societal-Systems. Recent publications include &ldquo\;Measurement of Political Conflict&rdquo\; (20 26)\; &ldquo\;Societal-System Analytics and the Problem of Factionalism in Emerging (and Declining) Democracies&rdquo\; (2023)\; and &ldquo\;Hybrid Authority Systems and Instability&rdquo\; (2023).

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You will receive a link on August 6\, 2026\, \;to join the Zoom meeting at 6:30 pm Denver time. \; \; \;LOOK FOR YOUR TIME ABOVE AND WATCH FOR A LINK FROM JIM HALDERMAN IN YOUR EMAIL THURSDAY MORNING OF THE EVENT. \; \;Also\, in case you miss this exciting program\, you can look for the recording (and the entire lib rary) on the following Forum for Discussion portal: \; \;FORUM FOR DISCUSSION PORTAL
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