International Negotiations
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

(NOT OFFERED 2011-2012)

Instructor:
Gabriella Blum
Hauser 208
gblum@law.harvard.edu
(617) 495-4629

Winter term
M,T,W,Th,F 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM

3 classroom credits LAW-39120A

This is a workshop-style course intended to better acquaint students with those negotiation elements that are more particular to the international arena (with an emphasis on diplomatic and political negotiations).

Through a combination of theoretical analysis, case-studies, and simulations, we will address … read more »

International Organization (GOVT E-1750)
HARVARD EXTENSION SCHOOL

SPRING 2012
Instructor:
Don Babai
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Harvard University

Can states work out cooperative solutions to problems of human injustice and environmental degradation? What is the record of the United Nations in conflict management? What has been the impact of World Bank programs on the alleviation of poverty? Why are the International Monetary Fund and the World … read more »

Communicating and Negotiating in a Global Context (COMM E-140)

NOT OFFERED 2011-2012
FALL and SPRING
Instructor:
Marya Dantzer

To communicate effectively in global or multicultural business settings, managers or negotiators must interpret not only words but also worldviews. Students in this course learn to recognize the important, yet often implicit, assumptions that govern business dealings in a variety of countries and cultures. A dividend of … read more »

Seminar on Peace Operations (ILO L224)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

FALL 2011
Instructor:
Ian Johnstone
Fletcher School
617-627-4172
ian.johnstone@tufts.edu

Enthusiasm for peacekeeping has waxed and waned in recent years, from exuberance in the early 1990s to disappointment and disinterest in the mid-90s, back to cautious enthusiasm at the end of the decade, to what is now almost universal recognition that peace operations are an important strategic tool for the management … read more »

Seminar on International Mediation (DHP D 221)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

SPRING 2012
Eileen Babbitt
Fletcher School
617-627-3796

This seminar focuses on the role and functions provided by mediators in the international arena. Mediation is located within the broader family of international intervention approaches, as practiced by individuals, international and transnational organizations, small and large states, and in bilateral or multilateral contexts. Topics to … read more »

Seminar on Crisis Management and Complex Emergencies (P 245)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

FALL 2011
Instructor:
Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.
Fletcher School
617-627-2738

Consideration of crisis management in theory and practice, drawing from the period since World War II and selected earlier crises as well as the post-9/11 world; attacks of September 11, 2001; theories of crisis prevention, escalation, management, de-escalation, termination, and post-crisis management; … read more »

Processes of International Negotiation (DHP D 220)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

FALL 2011

Instructors:
Eileen Babbitt (Sec. A)
617-627-3796
Diana Chigas (Sec. B)
(617) 627-5870
Nadim Rouhana (Sec. C)
(617) 627-5451
Jeswald Salacuse (Sec. D)
(617) 627-3633

This course explores the processes, rather than specific substantive issues, of international negotiation. Using exercises and simulations, it examines the nature of conflict in the international arena; the special characteristics of negotiation in … read more »

Politics and Processes of Reconciliation: Transitional Justice and Multicultural Citizenships (DHP D229)

FLETCHER SCHOOL

SPRING

Instructor:
Nadim Rouhana

[Description not yet available] (Tuesday 5:30-7:30 p.m.)
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International Treaty Behavior: A Perspective on Globalization (ILO L209)
FLETCHER SCHOOL

FALL
Instructor:
Antonia Handler Chayes
617-627-3582

This seminar examines treaty behavior over a broad spectrum of subject areas—including security, environment, trade and human rights. Approaches to international agreements affect economic, security and foreign policy in this interdependent world. The seminar examines IL and IR theories of compliance. It explores exceptionalism … read more »

International Relations: Theory and Practice (DHP P 200)
FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY

FALL 2011

Instructor:
Robert L. Pfaltzgraff, Jr.
Fletcher School
Tufts University
617-627-2738

Traditional, behavioral, and post-behavioral theories of international relations, and the nature of theory in international relations; the role of normative theory; levels of analysis, structure-agent relationships, and concepts of foreign policy behavior and decision making; utopian/neo-liberal and realist/neo-realist theory, … read more »