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.

Rethinking the United States’ Behavior in the World: The Role of the Presidential Election

Posted by & filed under Events, The Kelman Seminar.

David King, Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government

David Yespen, columnist at the Des Moines Register and Fellow at the Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community

Negotiating with Iran Across the Values Divide: Politics, Culture and Religion

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Panelists:

Iason Athanasiadis, freelance reporter in Iran and Nieman Fellow
Ali Banuazizi, Professor of Political Science at Boston College

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict. Topics examine how conflict is framed and how

The Missing Link?

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The Conflict in Africa Student Discussion Group presents

Professor Darren Kew
UMass Boston Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution

Professor Kew will discuss how the contribution of Track II Diplomacy must now include not just the contributions that can be made by leaders who move between Track II and official negotiations, but also the role of civil society organizations

Zimbabwe: Negotiating with an Irrational Dictator

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Robert Rotberg, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy and Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Andrew Meldum, Editor and correspondent for The Guardian and Observer in the United Kingdom, and Nieman Fellow

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government,

Coping with the Anti-American Populist Rhetoric of our Latin Neighbors

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Rafael Fernandez de Castro, Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,

Raul Penaranda, Editorial Director, La Epoca and Nieman Fellow, and

Fernando Rodrigues, Columnist, Fohla de S. Paulo and Nieman Fellow

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media,

Coping with the Reality of Hamas

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Ayelet Bechar, freelance film maker and Nieman Fellow

Herbert C. Kelman, the Richard Clarke Cabot Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus at Harvard University

Simon Wilson, editor, BBC Middle East Bureau and Nieman Fellow

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community

How Language Affects Public Perception

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with Tom Ashbrook of NPR’s On Point and William Gamson, Professor of Sociology at Boston College
The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict. Topics examine how conflict is framed and how that

Bridging the Divide Between Conflict Management and Journalism

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Josh Yager, CBS Producer, and Deepak Malhotra, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict. Topics examine how conflict is framed and how that influences the escalation and

Who Are The Insurgents?

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Molly Bingham, freelance journalist taken prisoner in Iraq, and Ahmed Hashim, Associate Professor, U.S. Naval War College

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict. Topics examine how conflict is framed and how

How to Tell a Different Story: Negotiating with Syria and Iran

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Bob Giles, Curator at the Nieman Foundation

The discussions in the Negotiation, Conflict and the News Media series focus on exploring the relationship among government, news media, and the conflict resolution community in framing and responding to conflict. Topics examine how conflict is framed and how that influences the escalation and de-escalation of conflict and the