diplomacy

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PON co-sponsors workshops on negotiation for Arab and Jewish high school students in Israel

Posted by & filed under Middle East Negotiation Initiative, Videos.

This video introduces a series of workshops that brought together students from Arab and Jewish schools in Israel to teach them how to communicate and negotiate more effectively.  As Taibeh student Rima Nuseirat realized over the course of the program, “sometimes in a negotiation it is not necessary to have someone who is a winner

Pakistan and the US: Ships Passing in the Night

Posted by & filed under International Negotiation, The Kelman Seminar.

Pakistan and the US:
Ships Passing in the Night
with

Pir Zubair Shah
Reporter for The New York Times and Nieman Fellow
and
David Greenway
Columnist for The Boston Globe and Shorenstein Fellow
 
Date: Monday, February 27, 2012
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS South S-354, 1730 Cambridge Street
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu)
 

Speaker Bios
H.D.S. (David) Greenway is a contributing columnist for The Boston Globe, The International Herald

PON faculty member leads Water Diplomacy Workshop

Posted by & filed under International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiative.

This summer, senior Arab and Israeli water negotiators and policymakers will convene in Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with individuals from more than 15 other countries to participate in the Water Diplomacy Workshop (www.waterdiplomacy.org) — a highly interactive, train-the-trainer program designed to help senior water managers improve their capacity to resolve complex water disputes.  The initiative is

Navigating the Mediation Process

Posted by & filed under Mediation, Negotiation Skills.

Negotiations have reached an impasse, but both sides agree on one thing: you need help resolving the dispute. You engage a neutral mediator to do just that. Rather than acting as a judge who decides who “wins” or “loses,” a third-party mediator assists parties in reaching an agreement.
Negotiators often feel unprepared for mediation. The very

Religious fundamentalism in Palestine and Israel and its impact on women

Posted by & filed under International Negotiation, Middle East Negotiation Initiative, Student Events, The Kelman Seminar.

“Religious Fundamentalism in Palestine and Israel
and its Impact on Women”
with

Laila Atshan
Mason Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government
and psychologist in Palestine
and
Dina Kraft
Free lance journalist based in Tel Aviv, Israel and Nieman Fellow 
 
Date: Monday, January 30, 2012
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Knafel Building North, 1737 Cambridge Street, Room N-262 (Bowie Vernon Room).
Contact Chair: Donna

Peter Kamminga

Posted by & filed under Affiliated Faculty, PON Affiliated Faculty.

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Peter Kamminga is Associate Professor of Law at Amsterdam University in the Netherlands and a PON Postdoctoral Research Fellow, specializing in negotiation and contracting of complex infrastructure projects. In his current research Dr. Kamminga examines the influence of legal governance mechanisms on contracting and dispute resolution processes. He has a particular interest in the negotiation and contracting processes of stakeholders involved in infrastructure development and water projects.

Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio

Posted by & filed under Affiliated Faculty, PON Affiliated Faculty.

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Paola Cecchi Dimeglio is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at PON. She studies the effects of gender, culture and organizational behavior on international strategic alliances using quantitative and qualitative research methods. Currently, at PON, Dr. Cecchi Dimeglio is focusing on three research projects: 1) the effects of gender and culture on the decision-making, negotiation and conflict management processes in international partnerships in Asia, 2) the effects of gender on law school performance, and 3) gender and entrepreneurship.

Negotiation as the Art of Interaction

Posted by & filed under Events, Negotiation Skills, Student Events.

“Negotiation as the Art of Interaction”
A workshop with
Professor Alisher Faizullaev
Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Tufts University

When: Friday, December 9
Time: 12:00 — 1:30 p.m.
Where: Pound Hall, Room 334, Harvard Law School Campus
Please bring your lunch. Drinks and desserts provided.

No negotiation happens without interaction between negotiators, but there are many concepts, ways and forms of organizing and executing interaction.

“Advice for the Advisor” by Jeswald W. Salacuse

Posted by & filed under Negotiation Skills.

Jeswald W. Salacuse, (professor, Tufts University), explores the five principles behind offering beneficial advice. Salacuse’s five essential rules (listed below) are drawn from his book, The Wise Advisor.

Know your advisee. Clients are not interchangable. Don’t generalize with your advice; instead, try to understand the particular needs and perspectives of your clients.
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