diplomacy

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Beyond diplomacy: Embedding peace and conflict transformation processes in Nepal and Lebanon

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

“Beyond diplomacy:  Embedding peace and conflict transformation processes in Nepal and Lebanon”

 with

Jeff Seul
Chairman, Peace Appeal Foundation
and

Martin Wahlisch
International Lawyer and Researcher, Common Space Initiative (Beirut) 
 
Date: November 8, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1737 Cambridge Street, Room K-354, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Jeff Seul, Chairman of the Peace Appeal Foundation, is a partner in

Boston Premiere: Acting Together on the World Stage: Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict

Posted by & filed under Events, Student Events, Students.

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
cordially invites you to the Boston Premiere of the documentary film:
 
Acting Together on the World Stage:
Performance and the Creative Transformation of Conflict

October 23, 2011
6:30pm – Reception; 7:00pm – Program Begins
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center
Tufts University
20 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA
 

Featuring the film screening of “Acting Together on the

Shuttle diplomacy examined in July issue of Negotiation Journal

Posted by & filed under Daily, Mediation.

In the July 2011 issue of Negotiation Journal, mediator David Hoffman takes a thoughtful look at the role of caucusing in mediation in an article entitled “Mediation and the Art of Shuttle Diplomacy.” The practice of meeting separately with each disputant, while widespread, is not without controversy. Critics have argued that these private sessions give

After the deal breaks down

Posted by & filed under Daily, International Negotiation.

Adapted from “Redoing the Deal,” by Jeswald W. Salacuse (professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University), first published in the Negotiation newsletter, August 2005.

If you’re like many professionals in these uncertain times, you are probably spending as much time redoing old deals as you are negotiating new ones. Here are four suggestions on

To Negotiate or Not? That Is the Sometimes Agonizing Question

Posted by & filed under Conflict Resolution, Daily.

Tufts Magazine: Negotiating Life

By Jeswald Salacuse (Henry J. Braker Professor of Law, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University)

When involved in conflict, it is often difficult to decide whether or not to negotiate with an adversary. In this article, Professor Salacuse discusses five questions that can help you decide when negotiating is in

Negotiation training leads to more effective water diplomacy

Posted by & filed under Conflict Management, Daily.

Negotiation skills are a critical, although often overlooked, aspect of water management, especially in situations where water crosses boundaries. Conflicts arise when water is managed as a fixed or scarce resource, and allocated in a way that assumes some parties will gain while others lose. In a recent blog post, Professor Lawrence Susskind examines

The Emerging Global Regime for Investment

Posted by & filed under Daily, International Negotiation.

Jeswald W. Salacuse (Henry J. Baker Professor of Law; former Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; author of The Global Negotiator and Seven Secrets for Negotiating with Government)

In this article, the author examines the history and future of the international investment regime and the leadership challenges necessary to achieve its potential.

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Announcing the 2011 PON Summer Fellows

Posted by & filed under Daily, PON Summer Fellowships, Students.

About the PON Summer Fellowship Program:

PON offers fellowship grants to students at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and other Boston-area schools who are doing internships or undertaking summer research projects in negotiation and dispute resolution in partnership with public, non-profit or academic organizations. The Summer Fellowship Program’s emphasis is on advancing the links between

Announcing the 2011-2012 PON Graduate Research Fellows

Posted by & filed under Daily, PON Graduate Research Fellowships, Students.

The Program on Negotiation Graduate Research Fellowships are designed to encourage young scholars from the social sciences and professional disciplines to pursue theoretical, empirical, and/or applied research in negotiation and dispute resolution. Consistent with the PON goal of fostering the development of the next generation of scholars, this program provides support for one year of dissertation research and writing in negotiation and related topics in alternative dispute resolution, as well as giving fellows an opportunity to immerse themselves in the diverse array of resources available at PON.

We are very excited to have three new fellows join us this fall:

Other People’s Interests: How Two Sisters Can Share a Diamond Ring

Posted by & filed under Conflict Management, Daily.

Tufts Magazine: Negotiating Life

Jeswald W. Salacuse (Henry J. Baker Professor of Law; former Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; author of The Global Negotiator and Seven Secrets for Negotiating with Government)

The first rule of negotiation is to understand both your own and the other person’s interests. Easier said than done. In this