A growing number of U.S. military commanders have come to recognize that stabilizing the insurgent and sectarian violence in Iraq necessitates dealing with population stability and civil support. As the army’s new operations manual itself states, “Winning battles and engagements is important, but alone is not sufficient. Shaping the civil situation is just as important
violence
Violence is the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against a person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation. This definition associates intentionality with the committing of the act itself, irrespective of the outcome it produces.
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A ‘Declaration of Principles’ for the Mideast
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
Negotiation and Nonviolent Action: Interacting in a World of Conflict
Amy C. Finnegan is a Ph.D. student in sociology at Boston College.
Susan G. Hackley is the managing director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School.
Negotiation and nonviolent action are arguably the two best methods humanity has developed for engaging constructively with conflict. Both have played central roles in helping manage or resolve seemingly
Article: Negotiation and Nonviolent Action: Interacting in the World of Conflict
Negotiation and Nonviolent Action: Interacting in the World of Conflict
By Amy C. Finnegan and Susan G. Hackley
Amy C. Finnegan is a Ph.D. student in sociology at Boston College. Her e-mail address is amyfinnegan@alum.wustl.edu.
Susan G. Hackley is the managing director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Her e-mail address is shackley@law.harvard.edu.
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The Emotional Dimension of Global Security
Daniel Shapiro, Faculty, Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital
Daniel Shapiro, Ph.D., is on the faculty at Harvard Law School and Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital. He is the associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project and the founder and director of the www.beyond-reason.net International Negotiation Initiative (INI). INI’s mission is to enhance international security
Reflections on the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Nonviolent Action Movement
Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island
Join the Program on Negotiation for a discussion on negotiation and nonviolent action with leading scholar and eminent civil rights activist Dr. Bernard LaFayette. Dr. LaFayette’s talk will reflect on his time with Dr. King, and the roles
Bye Bye Belgium?
On Wednesday night last week, Belgium’s French-speaking public television network created a stir with a surprise 90-minute broadcast that began with a news flash that Flanders had declared independence and that the Belgian state was breaking apart. The broadcast was inspired by Orson Welles’s 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’s “War of the Worlds,” but
Gandhi’s Nonviolent Principles Show Way Toward Peaceful World
The nonviolent principles of Mohandas Gandhi may be the only way to bring peace to the world, Gandhi’s granddaughter said Monday (Dec. 4).
Human rights activist and former South African member of parliament Ela Gandhi told about 160 people gathered in Harvard Law School’s Pound Hall that violent victory sows the seeds of its own destruction.
The Psychology of Conflict: Clinical and Relational Perspectives
This lecture panel provided participants with a broad look at violence from the vantage of perpetrators, victims, and those of subsequent generations affected by the intergenerational transmission of trauma.
Speakers:
Robert Jay Lifton, a renowned expert on the psychology of evil. He will talk about the psychology of perpetrators of violence.
Judith Herman, one of the world’s foremost
Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate
Speakers:
Roger Fisher
Daniel Shapiro
Roger Fisher and Daniel Shapiro will be discussing ideas from their new book, Beyond Reason: Using Emotions as You Negotiate (Viking, 2005). The book has benefited from the thinking of many people, including participants of previous DRF Forums. During their talk, Fisher and Shapiro will offer practical ideas to help negotiators deal with
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