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International Organization

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International Organization (GOVT E-1750)
HARVARD EXTENSION SCHOOL

Fall 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

Dispute Systems Design: Seminar

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Dispute Systems Design
HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

SPRING 2013

Instructor:
Mr. Rory Van Loo

Lawyers are often called upon to help design systems for managing and/or resolving conflicts that support or supplant existing legal structures. Implicitly or explicitly, every institution and organization has a system for managing disputes. In some cases, the system may be formal, with administrative hearings, courts, tribunals,

Negotiating the Toughest Challenges in U.S.-Muslim Relations: From Peace in the Middle East to Talks with the Taliban

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Join the Program on Negotiation for a discussion on major challenges facing the U.S. as it tries to improve relations with key Muslim countries embroiled in regional conflicts. Key questions include whether and how to negotiate with armed non-state groups, how to engage effectively with fractious and failing governments, and how to manage influential constituencies

Cultural Variations in Restorative Justice: Lessons From Chile, Argentina, China, N. Ireland, South Africa and Israel-Palestine

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Professor Menkel-Meadow’s talk will describe the cultural variations in restorative and transitional justice in a variety of post-conflict, post-dictatorship societies based on her research, interviews and teaching in these countries. She will focus on process variations and the importance of acknowledging differences in history, culture and political regime in designing restorative justice programs, whether oriented

The 2008 Great Negotiators

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On Tuesday, September 23, artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude will be honored with the 2008 Great Negotiator Award by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. The artists will participate in a faculty-led discussion at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 100 Northern Avenue on Boston’s waterfront from 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Christo and Jeanne-Claude

A ‘Declaration of Principles’ for the Mideast

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Haim Ramon, a Vice Prime Minister of Israel, recently stated that Israel hoped to reach agreement with its Palestinian negotiating partners by the end of 2008 on a “declaration of principles” for peace, but not on a detailed peace treaty. At this time of escalating violence and diminishing hope, the call for such a declaration

Strengthening the Global Environmental Treaty-Making System

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Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at MIT, author of Environmental Diplomacy (Oxford University Press) and co-author of Transboundary Environmental Negotiation (Jossey-Bass Publishers), and founder of the Consensus Building Institute. Professor Susskind is also the vice-chair of education for the Program on Negotiation’s Executive Committee.

The Climate Change Treaty and the Kyoto Protocol

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

China’s Delicate Role on Darfur

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Anne Wu is a research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Jason Qian is a fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project.

Some in the West have recently begun referring to the 2008 Beijing Olympics as the “Genocide Olympics” because of China’s continued business ties with

PON Honors Bruce Wasserstein with the 2007 Great Negotiator Award

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Business leader Bruce Wasserstein was the 2007 recipient of the Great Negotiator Award given by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. As a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, he has helped arrange more than a thousand transactions worth hundreds of billions of dollars and is currently the Chairman and