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| name = Gabrielle Rifkind
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| caption =Gabrielle Rifkind
| caption = Gabrielle Rifkind
| birth_date = 1953
| birth_date = 1953
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| nationality =British
| nationality = British
| occupation = activist, mediator, social worker, group analyst
| occupation = mediator, group analyst, psychotherapist
|alma_mater = [[Manchester University]]<br>[[Edinburgh University]]<br>[[London University]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Manchester]]<br />[[University of Edinburgh]]<br />[[University of London]]
| known_for = collaboration, conflict resolution, art therapy, [[Group analysis|groupwork]]
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'''Gabrielle Rifkind''' is a British [[mediation|mediator]] who has specialised in international conflict resolution working through [[non-governmental organisations]], (NGOs) in the [[Middle East]] and [[United Kingdom]]. She is the Director of ''[[Oxford Process]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Team – Oxford Process|url=https://www.oxfordprocess.com/team-ii |website=www.oxfordprocess.com|language=en-GB}}</ref> She is known as a commentator on international peacemaking and related themes and author of several titles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gabrielle Rifkind – The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/gabrielle-rifkind |website=www.theguardian.com|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gabrielle Rifkind – openDemocracy|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/gabrielle-rifkind/page/2/ |website=www.opendemocracy.net|date=9 August 2017 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Her work considers the role of [[Interpersonal relationship|human relationships]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wertheim|first=Eleanor H|date=2016|title=Focusing on the human element to global conflict resolution efforts and suggesting a vision for the future through the lens of the past|url=https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000179|journal=Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology|volume=22|issue=2|pages=188–189|doi=10.1037/pac0000179|via=APA Psycnet}}</ref> in managing parties with "radical disagreements"<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rifkind|first1=Gabrielle|last2=Yawanarajah|first2=Nita|date=2019-05-01|title=Preparing the Psychological Space for Peacemaking|url=https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol31/iss1/7|journal=New England Journal of Public Policy|volume=31|issue=1|pages=1–11|issn=0749-016X}}</ref> with the goal of establishing areas of potential mutual self-interest.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Sherry|first=Richard|date=2018|title=Richard Sherry in conversation with Gabrielle Rifkind; group analyst, psychotherapist and specialist in conflict resolution. Her latest book is titled The Psychology of Political Extremism: What Sigmund Freud would have thought about Islamic State|url=https://www.bpc.org.uk/download/661/NA-26-Autumn-2018_landscape_WEB.pdf|journal=New Associations|volume=26|pages=18–21|via=Routledge}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dobell|first=Graeme|date=2014-11-13|title=Edging through the fog|url=https://insidestory.org.au/edging-through-the-fog/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Inside Story|language=en}}</ref>
'''Sharon Gabrielle Rifkind''', known as '''Gabrielle Rifkind''' is a British activist and [[mediation|mediator]] who has specialised in international conflict resolution working through [[non-governmental organisations]], (NGOs) in the [[Middle East]] and [[United Kingdom]]. She is known as a commentator on international peace-making and related themes and author of several titles.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Rifkind is a graduate of [[Manchester University]] and [[Edinburgh University]], where she gained a post-graduate qualification in [[Social work]]. After working for the [[Probation Service]], she trained as an [[Art therapy|art therapist]] in London.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Health: How Kim drew back from the brink|journal= The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/health-how-kim-drew-back-from-the-brink-a-suicidal-patient-goes-to-an-art-therapist-here-they-talk-about-his-pictures-which-chart-where-they-got-to-in-18-months-celia-hall-reports-1504550.html|author=Hall, Celia|date=1993-11-16}}</ref> Subsequently, she joined the [[Institute of Group Analysis]] and became a group analyst.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Clinical Counselling in Further and Higher Education|chapter=Establishing group psychotherapy in a student counselling service|editor2=Vaspé, Alison|editor1=Lees, John |author1=Mark, Peter|author2=Rifkind, Gabrielle|pages=87–102|isbn=978-0-415-19281-1|location= United Kingdom|publisher= Taylor & Francis|date=2016}}(See contributors, p. ix)</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The light house - A psychotherapist who specialises in conflict resolution has transformed her London home with glass and modern art|author=Rivailland, Monique|journal=[[Times]]|date=2014-04-05}}</ref>
Rifkind is a graduate of the [[University of Manchester]] and the [[University of Edinburgh]]. After working for the [[Probation Service]], she trained at the [[Institute of Group Analysis]] and became a group analyst and a psychotherapist.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Clinical Counselling in Further and Higher Education|chapter=Establishing group psychotherapy in a student counselling service|editor2=Vaspé, Alison|editor1=Lees, John |author1=Mark, Peter|author2=Rifkind, Gabrielle|pages=87–102|isbn=978-0-415-19281-1|location=United Kingdom|publisher=Taylor & Francis|date=2016}}(See contributors, p. ix)</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The light house – A psychotherapist who specialises in conflict resolution has transformed her London home with glass and modern art|author=Rivailland, Monique|journal=[[The Times]]|date=2014-04-05}}</ref>


== Later career ==
== Later career ==
Rifkind joined the [[Oxford Research Group]] in the late 1990s to explore peace-making in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Palestine-Israel conflict]].<ref>https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/gabrielle-rifkind</ref> She became head of the Israel/Palestine programme. She next turned her attention to [[Iran]], before intervening on [[Northern Ireland]].{{CN|date=January 2021}}
Rifkind joined the [[Oxford Research Group]] in the late 1990s to explore peacemaking in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/gabrielle-rifkind |title=Gabrielle Rifkind &#124; Oxford Research Group |access-date=29 September 2020 |archive-date=28 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928121825/https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/gabrielle-rifkind |url-status=dead }}</ref> She became head of the Israel/Palestine programme. She next turned her attention to Iran and the wider Middle East.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Free Thinking – Being Diplomatic – BBC Sounds|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0003svr|access-date=2021-08-16|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}}</ref>


In 2017 she founded ''Oxford Process'', a [[Community interest company]] which works in conflict situations to build relationships with conflicted parties to identify opportunities to reduce tensions or prevent further [[Deescalation|escalation]] of violence.<ref>https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10507450</ref>
In 2016 she founded ''Oxford Process'', which works in conflict situations to build relationships with conflicted parties to identify opportunities to reduce tensions or prevent further [[Deescalation|escalation]] of violence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10507450|title=OXFORD PROCESS C.I.C. – Overview (free company information from Companies House)|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}}</ref> Rifkind's theory of conflict resolution focuses on the non-violent management of radical differences between groups, rather than searching for an elusive common ground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gabriellerifkind.co.uk/about |title=About Gabrielle }}</ref> Her work is currently focused on the Middle East and the war between Russia and Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gabriellerifkind.co.uk/about |title=About Gabrielle }}</ref>


Rifkind has frequently appeared on broadcast media in the UK has given public lectures on peace-making and contributed to a colloquium at [[Princeton University]].<ref name="APPG Conflict">{{cite web|title=Hamas: Time to Talk|url=http://conflictissues.org.uk/index.php/past-meetings-mainmenu-37/64-hamas-time-to-talk|work=All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues (APPGCI)|accessdate=9 December 2011|author=Gabrielle Rifkind|author2=[[Scilla Elworthy|Elworthy, Scilla]]}}</ref><ref name="Princeton Conference">{{cite web|title=Iran, the West, and the Region (March 11‐12, 2007)|url=http://www.princeton.edu/~lisd/projects/iran/Iran%20Program.pdf|work=Princeton University|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> She has been one of the conflict mediators for four series of [[BBC Radio 4]]'s “Across the Red Line” presented by British political journalist, [[Anne McElvoy]].<ref name="BBC 4">{{cite news|title=Across the Red Line - Is Tax a Burden|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bfz5k2|accessdate=25 August 2018|newspaper=BBC 4 Today|date=1 October 2020}}</ref>
Rifkind has frequently appeared on broadcast media in the UK has given public lectures on peacemaking and contributed to a colloquium at [[Princeton University]] and has twice debated at the [[Oxford Union]].<ref name="APPG Conflict">{{cite web|title=Hamas: Time to Talk|url=http://conflictissues.org.uk/index.php/past-meetings-mainmenu-37/64-hamas-time-to-talk|work=All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues (APPGCI)|accessdate=9 December 2011|author=Gabrielle Rifkind|author2=[[Scilla Elworthy|Elworthy, Scilla]]}}</ref><ref name="Princeton Conference">{{cite web|title=Iran, the West, and the Region (March 11-12, 2007)|url=http://www.princeton.edu/~lisd/projects/iran/Iran%20Program.pdf|work=Princeton University|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> She has been one of the conflict mediators for four series of [[BBC Radio 4]]'s "Across the Red Line" presented by British political journalist, [[Anne McElvoy]].<ref name="BBC 4">{{cite news|title=Across the Red Line – Is Tax a Burden|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bfz5k2|accessdate=25 August 2018|newspaper=BBC 4 Today|date=1 October 2020}}</ref> Rifkind is a featured speaker at the upcoming TED2024 conference in Vancouver.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://conferences.ted.com/ted2024/speakers |title=Speakers &#124; TED2024 }}</ref>


She is the co-author, with peace activist [[Scilla Elworthy]] of ''Making Terrorism History'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Making Terrorism History |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/106/1069358/making-terrorism-history/9781846040474.html|website = www.penguin.co.uk|access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref> and, with former senior UN diplomat [[Giandomenico Picco]], of ''The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution|author1= Rifkind, Gabrielle|author2=Picco, Giandomenico|date=2017|publisher=Bloomsbury - I. B. Tauris|isbn=978-1-7807-6897-7}}</ref> and author of, ''The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State'',<ref name= "Freud">{{Cite book|title=The Psychology of Political Extremism: What Would Sigmund Freud have Thought About Islamic State |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Psychology-of-Political-Extremism-What-Would-Sigmund-Freud-have-Thought/Rifkind/p/book/9781782206637|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=2018|isbn=9781782206637}}</ref>
She is the co-author, with peace activist [[Scilla Elworthy]] of ''Making Terrorism History'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Making Terrorism History |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/106/1069358/making-terrorism-history/9781846040474.html|website = www.penguin.co.uk|date=2 February 2006 |access-date=2020-10-01}}</ref> and, with former senior UN diplomat [[Giandomenico Picco]], of ''The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution|author1= Rifkind, Gabrielle|author2=Picco, Giandomenico|date=2017|publisher=Bloomsbury – I. B. Tauris|isbn=978-1-7807-6897-7}}</ref> and author of ''The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State''.<ref name= "Freud">{{Cite book|title=The Psychology of Political Extremism: What Would Sigmund Freud have Thought About Islamic State |url=https://www.routledge.com/The-Psychology-of-Political-Extremism-What-Would-Sigmund-Freud-have-Thought/Rifkind/p/book/9781782206637|location=London|publisher=Routledge|date=2018|isbn=9781782206637}}</ref>


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
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* ''The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State'', 2018. {{ISBN|9-781-78220-663-7}}
* ''The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State'', 2018. {{ISBN|9-781-78220-663-7}}
* Contributor, "When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences" in ''Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue'' 2018.<ref>{{Cite book|editor1=Rosen, A|editor2= Green, N|title= in Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue|chapter=When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences|date= 2018|location=Belgium|publisher=[[Brepols]]|url=http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503580326-1|isbn=978-2-503-58032-6}}</ref>
* Contributor, "When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences" in ''Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue'' 2018.<ref>{{Cite book|editor1=Rosen, A|editor2= Green, N|title= in Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue|chapter=When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences|date= 2018|location=Belgium|publisher=[[Brepols]]|url=http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503580326-1|isbn=978-2-503-58032-6}}</ref>

===Articles===
===Articles===
Her contributions to journals include:
Her contributions to journals include:
* {{Cite journal|title=Containing the Containers: The Staff Consultation Group|date=1995-06-01|journal=[[Group Analysis (journal)|Group Analysis]]|doi=10.1177/0533316495282010}}
* {{Cite journal|title=Containing the Containers: The Staff Consultation Group|date=1995-06-01|journal=[[Group Analysis (journal)|Group Analysis]]|doi=10.1177/0533316495282010|last1=Rifkind|first1=Gabrielle|volume=28|issue=2|pages=209–222|s2cid=144883427}}
* {{Cite journal|title=The Creative Process of the Artist and Group Analyst|date=1995-09-01|journal=[[Group Analysis (journal)|Group Analysis]]|doi=10.1177/0533316495283009}}
* {{Cite journal|title=The Creative Process of the Artist and Group Analyst|date=1995-09-01|journal=[[Group Analysis (journal)|Group Analysis]]|doi=10.1177/0533316495283009|last1=Rifkind|first1=Gabrielle|volume=28|issue=3|pages=331–337|s2cid=143697955}}
* {{Cite journal|title = Language of war, language of peace and its application to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict|volume= 2|issue =2|date=June 2004|journal = Psychotherapy and Politics International}}
* {{Cite journal|title = Language of war, language of peace and its application to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict|volume= 2|issue =2|date=June 2004|journal = Psychotherapy and Politics International}}
* {{Cite journal|title = Separating aspirations from realities|url = http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Separating-aspirations-from-realities|journal = The [[Jerusalem Post]]|date = 2006-05-01}}
* {{Cite journal|title = Separating aspirations from realities|url = http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Separating-aspirations-from-realities|journal = The Jerusalem Post|date = 2006-05-01}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Want to ease tensions with Iran? Just try talking|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/gabrielle-rifkind-want-to-ease-tensions-with-iran-just-try-talking-436194.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=13 February 2007}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Want to ease tensions with Iran? Just try talking|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/gabrielle-rifkind-want-to-ease-tensions-with-iran-just-try-talking-436194.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=13 February 2007}}
* {{Cite journal|title = From crisis to opportunity|url = http://www.jpost.com/home/article.aspx?id=52157|journal = The Jerusalem Post|date = 2007-02-20}}
* {{Cite journal|title = From crisis to opportunity|url = http://www.jpost.com/home/article.aspx?id=52157|journal = The Jerusalem Post|date = 2007-02-20}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=This dialogue of the deaf is making war more likely|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/gabrielle-rifkind-this-dialogue-of-the-deaf-is-making-war-more-likely-398104.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=28 October 2007}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=This dialogue of the deaf is making war more likely|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/gabrielle-rifkind-this-dialogue-of-the-deaf-is-making-war-more-likely-398104.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=28 October 2007}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=The man to sell peace to the Middle East|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/gabrielle-rifkind-the-man-to-sell-peace-to-the-middle-east-1515167.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=25 January 2009}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=The man to sell peace to the Middle East|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/gabrielle-rifkind-the-man-to-sell-peace-to-the-middle-east-1515167.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=25 January 2009}}
* {{Cite journal|title = A route to resolution for Syria and Israel {{!}} Gabrielle Rifkind|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/26/syria-israel-golan-heights-middle-east|journal = the Guardian|date = 2010-02-26}}
* {{Cite journal|title = A route to resolution for Syria and Israel {{!}} Gabrielle Rifkind|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/26/syria-israel-golan-heights-middle-east|journal = The Guardian|date = 2010-02-26}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Solving the West Bank settler problem|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/sep/28/solving-west-bank-settler-problem|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 September 2010}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Solving the West Bank settler problem|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/sep/28/solving-west-bank-settler-problem|newspaper=The Guardian|date=28 September 2010}}
* {{Cite journal|title = Iran nuclear talks: signs of cautious optimism emerge {{!}} Gabrielle Rifkind|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/may/22/iran-nuclear-talks-optimism|journal = the Guardian|date=2012-05-22}}
* {{Cite journal|title = Iran nuclear talks: signs of cautious optimism emerge {{!}} Gabrielle Rifkind|url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/may/22/iran-nuclear-talks-optimism|journal = The Guardian|date=2012-05-22}}
* {{Cite journal|title = To help Syria, talk first to Iran and Saudi Arabia |url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/12/help-syria-talk-iran-saudi-arabia|journal = the Guardian|date = 2013|first1 = Giandomenico|last1 = Picco |authorlink1 = Giandomenico Picco|first2 = Gabrielle|last2 = Rifkind}}
* {{Cite journal|title = To help Syria, talk first to Iran and Saudi Arabia |url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/12/help-syria-talk-iran-saudi-arabia|journal = The Guardian|date = 2013|first1 = Giandomenico|last1 = Picco |authorlink1 = Giandomenico Picco|first2 = Gabrielle|last2 = Rifkind}}
* {{Cite web|title = A New Levant: a possible way through in the Syrian crisis|url = https://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/gabrielle-rifkind-giandomenico-picco/new-levant-possible-way-through-in-syrian-crisis|website = openDemocracy|accessdate = 2015-09-22}}
* {{Cite web|title = A New Levant: a possible way through in the Syrian crisis|url = https://www.opendemocracy.net/opensecurity/gabrielle-rifkind-giandomenico-picco/new-levant-possible-way-through-in-syrian-crisis|website = openDemocracy|accessdate = 2015-09-22}}
* {{Cite journal|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article3863062.ece|title=One signature by Assad could help to avert the bombing|last=|first=|date=2013-09-07|journal=The Times}}
* {{Cite journal|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article3863062.ece|title=One signature by Assad could help to avert the bombing|date=2013-09-07|journal=The Times|last1=Rifkind|first1=Gabrielle}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/gabrielle-rifkind/chilcot-tells-us-what-we-already-knew-how-do-we-implement|title=Chilcot tells us what we already knew – how do we implement?|date=2016-07-06|website=openDemocracy|access-date=2016-12-22}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/gabrielle-rifkind/chilcot-tells-us-what-we-already-knew-how-do-we-implement|title=Chilcot tells us what we already knew – how do we implement?|date=2016-07-06|website=openDemocracy|access-date=2016-12-22}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/gabrielle-rifkind-scilla-elworthy/chilcot-all-peaceful-options-were-not-exhausted|title=Chilcot: all peaceful options were not exhausted|date=2016-07-15|website=openDemocracy|access-date=2016-12-22}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/gabrielle-rifkind-scilla-elworthy/chilcot-all-peaceful-options-were-not-exhausted|title=Chilcot: all peaceful options were not exhausted|date=2016-07-15|website=openDemocracy|access-date=2016-12-22}}
* ''Let’s try to understand North Korea’s actions: it sees the world as its enemy'', The Guardian, July 2017.
* ''Let's try to understand North Korea's actions: it sees the world as its enemy'', The Guardian, July 2017.
* ''Gaza regeneration: we all need dreams for the future'', OpenDemocracy, June 2018.
* ''Gaza regeneration: we all need dreams for the future'', OpenDemocracy, June 2018.
* ''National Dialogue: Post-Brexit, We Need a UK-Wide Coming Together'', OpenDemocracy, January 2019.
* ''National Dialogue: Post-Brexit, We Need a UK-Wide Coming Together'', OpenDemocracy, January 2019.
* {{cite journal|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Afghanistan's fragile future shows the paradoxical nature of peacebuilding|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/gabrielle-rifkind|journal=Prospect|date=15 February 2019}}
* {{cite journal|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Afghanistan's fragile future shows the paradoxical nature of peacebuilding|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/gabrielle-rifkind|journal=Prospect|date=15 February 2019}}
* "Preparing the Psychological Space for Peacemaking", with Nita Yawanarajah, ''The New England Journal of Public Policy'', May 2019.
* "Preparing the Psychological Space for Peacemaking", with Nita Yawanarajah, ''The New England Journal of Public Policy'', May 2019.
* [https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5481/ancient-hospitality "Ancient Hospitality", with John Harris], [[New Humanist]], July 2019.
* [https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5481/ancient-hospitality "Ancient Hospitality", with John Harris], [[New Humanist]], July 2019.
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=We need a path towards reconciliation for Labour and British Jews|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/we-need-a-path-towards-reconciliation-for-labour-and-british-jews-97s5t6zkj|newspaper=The Times|date=3 December 2019}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=We need a path towards reconciliation for Labour and British Jews|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/we-need-a-path-towards-reconciliation-for-labour-and-british-jews-97s5t6zkj|newspaper=The Times|date=3 December 2019}}
* [https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/north-africa-west-asia/deal-century-any-chance-honest-broker/ "The Deal of the century: any chance of an honest broker?"], [[Open Democracy]], March 2020.
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=I'm a conflict mediator. This is a way out of the Ukraine crisis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/09/conflict-mediator-ukraine-vladimir-putin|newspaper=The Guardian|date=9 February 2022}}
* {{cite journal|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=How to talk peace while waging war|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/60456/how-to-talk-peace-while-waging-war|journal=Prospect|date=26 January 2023}}
* {{cite journal|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=A better future can be built for Gaza|url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/64056/gaza-israel-palestine-hamas-war|journal=Prospect|date=25 November 2023}}
* {{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Israelis and Palestinians by Jonathan Glover review – the psychology of conflict|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/jan/11/israelis-and-palestinians-by-jonathan-glover-review-the-psychology-of-conflict|newspaper=The Guardian|date=11 January 2024}}


==Broadcast Media==
==Broadcast Media==
* [[BBC Radio 4]]: ''The Middle East Conundrum'', July 2018.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b86z4v</ref>
* [[BBC Radio 4]]: ''The Middle East Conundrum'', July 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b86z4v|title = BBC Radio 4 – Analysis, the Middle East Conundrum}}</ref>
* BBC Radio 4: ''Across the Red Line'' (series 1-4), 2018 and 2019 <ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m2bj1</ref>
* BBC Radio 4: ''Across the Red Line'' (series 1–4), 2018 and 2019 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09m2bj1|title = BBC Radio 4 – Across the Red Line}}</ref>
* [[BBC Radio 3]]: ''Being Diplomatic', April 2019.<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003svr</ref>
* [[BBC Radio 3]]: ''Being Diplomatic'', April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003svr|title = BBC Radio 3 – Free Thinking, Being Diplomatic}}</ref>


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*[http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/ Oxford Research Group]
*[http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/ Oxford Research Group]
*[http://tonycharlesworthassociates.com/offline/dart.html Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma]
*[http://kelmaninstitute.org/ Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation]
*[http://kelmaninstitute.org/ Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation]
*[https://www.gabriellerifkind.co.uk// Gabrielle Rifkind]
*{{YouTube|tGVSbJ52oEA|Video of Rifkind debating on Iran}}
*[https://www.cedr.com/video/detail/becoming-an-international-peacemaker-with-cedr/ ''Becoming an International peacemaker'' (How to work quietly behind the scenes)]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMV6TttsvXM Democratic Allies Debate: The House Believes Democracies Should Never Ally With Authoritarian Regimes, Oxford Union, January 2018]
*{{cite news|last=Rifkind|first=Gabrielle|title=Profile|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/author/gabrielle-rifkind/page/2/|accessdate=1 October 2020|newspaper=Open Democracy|date=8 April 2020}}


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Gabrielle Rifkind
Gabrielle Rifkind
Born1953
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Manchester
University of Edinburgh
University of London
Occupation(s)mediator, group analyst, psychotherapist
Known forcollaboration, conflict resolution

Gabrielle Rifkind is a British mediator who has specialised in international conflict resolution working through non-governmental organisations, (NGOs) in the Middle East and United Kingdom. She is the Director of Oxford Process.[1] She is known as a commentator on international peacemaking and related themes and author of several titles.[2][3] Her work considers the role of human relationships[4] in managing parties with "radical disagreements"[5] with the goal of establishing areas of potential mutual self-interest.[6][7]

Early life

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Rifkind is a graduate of the University of Manchester and the University of Edinburgh. After working for the Probation Service, she trained at the Institute of Group Analysis and became a group analyst and a psychotherapist.[8][9]

Later career

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Rifkind joined the Oxford Research Group in the late 1990s to explore peacemaking in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[10] She became head of the Israel/Palestine programme. She next turned her attention to Iran and the wider Middle East.[11]

In 2016 she founded Oxford Process, which works in conflict situations to build relationships with conflicted parties to identify opportunities to reduce tensions or prevent further escalation of violence.[12] Rifkind's theory of conflict resolution focuses on the non-violent management of radical differences between groups, rather than searching for an elusive common ground.[13] Her work is currently focused on the Middle East and the war between Russia and Ukraine.[14]

Rifkind has frequently appeared on broadcast media in the UK has given public lectures on peacemaking and contributed to a colloquium at Princeton University and has twice debated at the Oxford Union.[15][16] She has been one of the conflict mediators for four series of BBC Radio 4's "Across the Red Line" presented by British political journalist, Anne McElvoy.[17] Rifkind is a featured speaker at the upcoming TED2024 conference in Vancouver.[18]

She is the co-author, with peace activist Scilla Elworthy of Making Terrorism History (2005)[19] and, with former senior UN diplomat Giandomenico Picco, of The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution,[20] and author of The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State.[21]

Publications

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Books

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  • Co-author with Tessa Dalley and Kim Terry. Three Voices of Art Therapy: Image, Client, Therapist. United Kingdom: Routledge, 1993 and 2014. ISBN 9780415077965
  • Co-author with Scilla Elworthy. Hearts and Minds: Human Security Approaches to Political Violence. United Kingdom: Demos, 2005. ISBN 9781841801483
  • Co-author with Scilla Elworthy. Making Terrorism History. London: Penguin/Random House, 2006. ISBN 9781846040474
  • Co-Author with Giandomenico Picco. The Fog of Peace: How to Prevent War, Bloomsbury/I.B. Tauris, 2017. ISBN 9781780768977
  • The Psychology of Political Extremism: What would Sigmund Freud have thought about Islamic State, 2018. ISBN 9-781-78220-663-7
  • Contributor, "When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences" in Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue 2018.[22]

Articles

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Her contributions to journals include:

Broadcast Media

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References

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  1. ^ "Our Team – Oxford Process". www.oxfordprocess.com.
  2. ^ "Gabrielle Rifkind – The Guardian". www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ "Gabrielle Rifkind – openDemocracy". www.opendemocracy.net. 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ Wertheim, Eleanor H (2016). "Focusing on the human element to global conflict resolution efforts and suggesting a vision for the future through the lens of the past". Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. 22 (2): 188–189. doi:10.1037/pac0000179 – via APA Psycnet.
  5. ^ Rifkind, Gabrielle; Yawanarajah, Nita (1 May 2019). "Preparing the Psychological Space for Peacemaking". New England Journal of Public Policy. 31 (1): 1–11. ISSN 0749-016X.
  6. ^ Sherry, Richard (2018). "Richard Sherry in conversation with Gabrielle Rifkind; group analyst, psychotherapist and specialist in conflict resolution. Her latest book is titled The Psychology of Political Extremism: What Sigmund Freud would have thought about Islamic State" (PDF). New Associations. 26: 18–21 – via Routledge.
  7. ^ Dobell, Graeme (13 November 2014). "Edging through the fog". Inside Story. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ^ Mark, Peter; Rifkind, Gabrielle (2016). "Establishing group psychotherapy in a student counselling service". In Lees, John; Vaspé, Alison (eds.). Clinical Counselling in Further and Higher Education. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. pp. 87–102. ISBN 978-0-415-19281-1.(See contributors, p. ix)
  9. ^ Rivailland, Monique (5 April 2014). "The light house – A psychotherapist who specialises in conflict resolution has transformed her London home with glass and modern art". The Times.
  10. ^ "Gabrielle Rifkind | Oxford Research Group". Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Free Thinking – Being Diplomatic – BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  12. ^ "OXFORD PROCESS C.I.C. – Overview (free company information from Companies House)". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  13. ^ "About Gabrielle".
  14. ^ "About Gabrielle".
  15. ^ Gabrielle Rifkind; Elworthy, Scilla. "Hamas: Time to Talk". All-Party Parliamentary Group on Conflict Issues (APPGCI). Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  16. ^ "Iran, the West, and the Region (March 11-12, 2007)" (PDF). Princeton University. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  17. ^ "Across the Red Line – Is Tax a Burden". BBC 4 Today. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  18. ^ "Speakers | TED2024".
  19. ^ Making Terrorism History. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 1 October 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  20. ^ Rifkind, Gabrielle; Picco, Giandomenico (2017). The Fog of Peace: The Human Face of Conflict Resolution. Bloomsbury – I. B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-7807-6897-7.
  21. ^ The Psychology of Political Extremism: What Would Sigmund Freud have Thought About Islamic State. London: Routledge. 2018. ISBN 9781782206637.
  22. ^ Rosen, A; Green, N, eds. (2018). "When Empathy Fails: Managing Radical Differences". in Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue. Belgium: Brepols. ISBN 978-2-503-58032-6.
  23. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Analysis, the Middle East Conundrum".
  24. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Across the Red Line".
  25. ^ "BBC Radio 3 – Free Thinking, Being Diplomatic".
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