peacebuilding

The process of restoring normal relations between people. It requires the reconciliation of differences, apology and forgiveness of past harm, and the establishment of a cooperative relationship between groups, replacing the adversarial or competitive relationship that used to exist. (from http://www.colorado.edu/conflict/peace/glossary.htm)

The following items are tagged peacebuilding.

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

Exhaust the Limits: The Life and Times of a Global Peacemaker

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Exhaust the Limits: The Life and Times of a Global Peacemaker

with
Charles F. “Chic” Dambach
President & CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding

Date: May 16, 2011

Time: 12:00PM to 1:30PM
Where: Hauser Hall, Room 102, Harvard Law School Campus
Chic Dambach will discuss his new memoir, Exhaust the Limits: The Life and Times of a Global

“South Africa: Press, Politics and Development in the Post-Apartheid Era”

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 ”South Africa:  Press, Politics and Development
in the Post-Apartheid Era.”

with

Bob Giles
Curator, Nieman Foundation for Journalism
and
Rob Rose
Business reporter for South Africa’s Sunday Times and Nieman Fellow
 
Date: April 26, 2011
Time: 4:00-6:00 PM
Where: CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street,
Bowie Vernon Room (Room N-262), Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Bob Giles is Curator of the Nieman Foundation for

Lawrence Susskind awarded first Mediators Beyond Borders ‘Peacemaker’ Award

Posted by & filed under Daily, International Negotiation.

PON Executive Committee member Professor Lawrence Susskind was awarded the first Kenneth Cloke Peacemaker Award for outstanding and lasting contributions in International Peacebuilding at the Mediators Beyond Borders annual conference.

To learn more about the award, click here.

To learn more about Mediators Beyond Borders, click here.

“The Military and the Media: Two Perspectives- Iraq and Pakistan”

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“The Military and the Media:  Two Perspectives– Iraq and Pakistan”

with

Wajahat Khan,
and

Emma Sky

Date: March 29, 2011

Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Where: Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street,
Bowie Vernon Room (Room N-262), Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Emma Sky left Iraq in September 2010, where she had served for three years as Political Advisor to General

“Understanding public protests in Egypt and Iran: What is similar, what is different”

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“Understanding public protests in Egypt and Iran: What is similar, what is different”

with

Hoochang Chehabi
and
Nazila Fathi
Date: February 22, 2011

Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Where: Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street,
Bowie Vernon Room (Room N-262), Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Houchang Chehabi is Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University. He specializes in Middle

David Fairman

Posted by & filed under Greater Boston PON Network.

David Fairman is Managing Director at the Consensus Building Institute (CBI), Associate Director of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, and Lecturer in MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT and a B.A. from Harvard College. At MIT, his academic focus is the application of negotiation and

“Taking stock of Cambodia 20 years after the Paris Peace Agreement”

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“Taking stock of Cambodia 20 years after the Paris Peace Agreement”

with

Kevin Doyle
and
Stephen Marks

Date: February 1, 2011

Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Where: CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
1737 Cambridge Street, Room N-262, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Kevin Doyle is the editor-in-chief of The Cambodia Daily newspaper in Phnom Penh where he has

“The Afghan Challenge: What will it take for them to trust their own security forces?”

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“The Afghan Challenge:  What will it take for them to trust their own security forces?”

with

Paul Bricker
and
Abdul Waheed Wafa

Date: December 7, 2010

Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Where: CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
1737 Cambridge Street, Room N-262, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Paul W. Bricker, United States, colonel, United States Army is currently

“What is it costing the US to ignore its relationship with Latin America?”

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“What is it costing the US to ignore its relationship with Latin America?”

with

Guillermo Perry
and
Pablo Corral Vega

Date: November 16, 2010

Time: 4:15-6 PM (NOTE: 15 minutes later than usual)

Where: CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
1737 Cambridge Street, Room N-262, Cambridge MA
Contact Chair: Donna Hicks (dhicks@wcfia.harvard.edu).

Speaker Bios
Guillermo Perry is presently Robert F. Kennedy