Carol Daniel-Kasbari, Ph.D., is Senior Associate Director of the Conflict Resolution Program at The Carter Center, where she oversees the Center’s global conflict-resolution initiatives, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. With more than 25 years of experience, she has designed and led mediation, dialogue, and peacebuilding initiatives in conflict-affected contexts across the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Her perspective is also informed by her Palestinian American background. She earned her doctorate from George Mason University’s Carter School, where she has taught; her research on power, peace, and everyday resistance received the Peace and Justice Studies Association’s 2020 Best Dissertation Award and the American Association of University Women Ph.D. Award. She has published widely on conflict resolution, structural violence, resistance, and the gap between conflict management and transformation, including “Ending Control, Not Managing Conflict.”