South Africa

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Roger D. Fisher, 1922-2012

Choosing to Help

Posted by & filed under Negotiation Skills.

It is the spring of 1997 and I am sitting in Pound 107 while Roger Fisher ’48, Williston Professor of Law, Emeritus, is telling a story about his serving as a weather reconnaissance pilot in World War II. As a teaching assistant for the Negotiation Workshop, I have heard the story at least a dozen times by now and feel my mind wandering. And yet, against my will, as the story reaches its crescendo and the combination punch line/negotiation issue flows from Roger’s lips, I find myself involuntarily leaning forward and, a second later, helplessly bursting into laughter. The note I jot down to myself is: “All of life is about who tells better stories.”

A Common Ground Approach to Societal Conflict Resolution

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

The Program on Negotiation is pleased to present:
A Common Ground Approach
to Societal Conflict Resolution
with

John Marks
President and Founder of Search for Common Ground
and

Susan Collin Marks
Senior Vice President of Search for Common Ground
Monday, October 15th, 2012
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
Wasserstein 2004
Harvard Law School Campus
Please bring your own lunch; soft drinks and cookies will be

Great Negotiator Lakhdar Brahimi Travels to Syria as United Nations and Arab League Envoy

Posted by & filed under Middle East Negotiation Initiative.

Great Negotiator Award recipient for 2002, Lakhdar Brahimi, is traveling to Damascus within the next couple of days to attempt to mediate the escalating conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and more than 30 different opposition groups. Describing his mission as “nearly impossible,” Ambassador Brahimi stressed the need for the international community to display unity in grappling with the Syrian crisis.

“Intractable” Conflicts: What Role for Negotiation?

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“Intractable” Conflicts: What Role for Negotiation

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

SPRING 2013

Instructor:
Robert Mnookin

This seminar will study several “intractable” conflicts. For some, such as Northern Ireland and South Africa, there has been considerable progress. For others, such as the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, and the United States and Cuba, there has

Systems Thinking and Peacebuilding: A New Frontier?

Posted by & filed under Conflict Resolution, Daily, Events, International Negotiation, Student Events, Students.

“Systems Thinking and Peacebuilding: A New Frontier?”
with
Robert Ricigliano
Director of the Institute of World Affairs,
Center for International Education
at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
 
When: Thursday, April 5, 2012

Time: 12 – 1:15 p.m.

Where: Wasserstein Hall, Room 2009, Harvard Law School Campus
Please bring your lunch. Drinks and desserts provided.
Policymakers, practitioners, and academics have seized on

The Secret Talks That Led to the Fall of Apartheid

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“The Secret Talks That Led to the Fall of Apartheid”

with

Michael Young

Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Time: 7:30 – 9 PM

Where: Langdell North, Harvard Law School

Event is free and open to the public; Refreshments will be served
Co-sponsored by: Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinical Program, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Mediation Program, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, and Harvard

Trying to Forgive and Move Forward

Posted by & filed under Conflict Resolution, Dispute Resolution.

In business negotiations, when a counterpart apologizes for harming or offending you, should you forgive and move forward? What if doing so seems impossible?
In a chapter in The Negotiator’s Fieldbook (American Bar Association, 2006), Ellen Waldman and Frederic Luskin write that forgiveness isn’t an essential component of negotiation; you may be able to get to