crisis

The following items are tagged crisis.

Negotiating a Crisis

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Jamil Mahuad, former mayor of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, was elected president of Ecuador in 1998. When he took office, the country was on high alert. Troops from Ecuador and Peru were poised at the border, ready for battle. For 200 years, the border had been in dispute and fighting broke out regularly. And there was

Harvard Law (Movie) Review: Orange Revolution

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by Matt Hutchuns

(Excerpted from The Record: The Independent Newspaper at Harvard Law School)

Director Steve York’s latest documentary, Orange Revolution, provides an inspiring visual record of how the events in Ukraine unfolded during late 2004. York has produced documentaries on topics ranging from American history to the Palestinian West Bank, and he has recently received critical

Dispute Systems Design Across Context and Continents

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Please join us to learn more about dispute systems design and engage in what we anticipate will be a lively and thoughtful series of discussions. The Symposium is open to the public and admission is free.

Please RSVP by March 3 to hnlr@law.harvard.edu.

Featuring leading scholars and practitioners, including:

Ken Feinberg
Special Master of the Federal September 11th Victim
Compensation

Article: Negotiation and Nonviolent Action: Interacting in the World of Conflict

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Negotiation and Nonviolent Action: Interacting in the World of Conflict
By Amy C. Finnegan and Susan G. Hackley

Amy C. Finnegan is a Ph.D. student in sociology at Boston College. Her e-mail address is amyfinnegan@alum.wustl.edu.

Susan G. Hackley is the managing director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Her e-mail address is shackley@law.harvard.edu.

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The Siege of Bethlehem

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Step inside the secret negotiations, strategies and maneuvers between Israelis and Palestinians during the deadly 38-day standoff at the Church of the Nativity. The Siege of Bethlehem shows exclusive footage of both the Israeli chief negotiators at work outside the church and the armed Palestinians pent up inside, and offers a rare, close-up look at

China’s Delicate Role on Darfur

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Anne Wu is a research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Jason Qian is a fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project.

Some in the West have recently begun referring to the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the “Genocide Olympics” because of China’s continued business ties with

An Analysis of EU-NATO Alliances: Lessons From a Multiparty Role Simulation

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Sara Ulrich – University of Paris XI, Center for Analysis of Disputes and their Modes of Settlement (CADMOS) and PON Visiting Scholar

Please join Dr. Sara Ulrich for a discussion of her innovative approach to bridging Realist theory and EU integration using a multiparty role simulation.

Dr. Ulrich proposes that Realist theorists often overlook the causal relationship

Negotiation Lessons from Hurricane Katrina’s Crisis Management: A European Perspective

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Sara Ulrich, University of Paris XI, CADMOS and PON Visiting Scholar

Americans can vividly recall the images of Hurricane Katrina and the political aftermath, but what about the effects of the U.S. government’s response on transatlantic relations?

To investigate, Dr. Ulrich conducted hundreds of interviews in Texas, New Orleans, Washington D.C., and with members of the transatlantic

NYPD Hostage Negotiation: A Live Demonstration

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How do you deal with the tough emotions that arise in crisis negotiation? Join Professor Daniel Shapiro and leaders of the NYPD’s Hostage Negotiation Team in a simulation that brings the emotional dimension to life. There will be audience participation, as well as explanation of tools at the negotiator’s disposal. NYPD guests include Lt. Jack

An Inconvenient Truth: Are Conflict Management Systems Really Sustainable?

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As conflict management professionals, we constantly tout the benefit of conflict management systems and the effectiveness of resolving disputes through alternatives to litigation. Many of us are involved in collaboratively creating conflict management systems with groups, organizations, communities, governments and international entities. But what happens once the “buzz” dies down and the program moves into