In the next phase of the project, we plan to focus our efforts on two initiatives:

As a next step in the public education effort outlined above, we would like to produce, for the "trade book" market, a short, easy-to-understand book designed to explain these ideas to the general public. The book would include the following:

• A realistic overview of the long- and short-term threats posed by destructive conflict,
• A summary of the 20 challenges, highlighting critical gaps in our current capabilities and providing:
  • A general overview of the nature of each challenge and strategies through which it might be addressed, and
  • Concrete illustrations of each problem and possible solutions,
    
    
• A "what you can do to help" section explaining how people in a very broad range of social roles can be part of the solution, and
• A supporting website with more detailed information and additional examples, as well as networking tools to connect readers who want to work on these problems.

It is essential that we build broad public support for this work— support that can cross deep political and social divides.Over the somewhat longer term, we would like to partner with individuals or organizations capable of producing a documentary or documentary series that parallels and extends the arguments made in the book.

It would obviously take a very large and diverse effort to meaningfully address the challenges posed by the Frontiers Project. For this reason, the project's second "next step" will focus on the development of a network of advisor/partners (starting with Beyond Intractability contributors) who share our concerns about the conflict threat and the desire to promote efforts to grapple with the tough issues. Our goal is to bring together, in a series of "brainstorming conferences," a broadly bipartisan group of people that includes:

• Conflict scholars from relevant disciplines,
  
  
• Practitioners and social and political leaders actively working to promote more constructive approaches to conflict from both intermediary and adversary perspectives,
  
  
• Educators and media people interested in helping build public understanding, awareness, and support, and
  
  
• Resource people willing to advise us on strategies for funding Frontiers-related initiatives.

In addition to discussing strategies for developing and funding the Frontiers Initiative, we would also expect participants to develop plans for pursuing a number of additional Frontiers-related projects including, for example, production of a documentary based on the book and a large public conference addressing project topics.