Searching for a Debt Ceiling: Boehner’s Uncertain BATNA
As the U.S. government approaches a potentially catastrophic default on its debt in October, President Obama remains determined to avoid negotiations with Republican leaders on the issue, … Read This Post
Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore Named the Great Negotiator by the Program on Negotiation and the Future of Diplomacy Project
The Program on Negotiation, an inter-university consortium of Harvard, MIT, and Tufts, and Harvard’s Future of Diplomacy Project have named Ambassador Tommy Koh of Singapore the recipient … Read This Post
A deal blows up
When negotiating a new business partnership, what should you do if you begin to believe that your partner is less attractive than he (or it) first appeared? … Read A deal blows up
When You Shouldn’t Go It Alone
A five-year old American manufacturer of medical equipment has just secured a patent on its primary product, a new kind of heart monitor. The potential market is … Read When You Shouldn’t Go It Alone
PON Faculty Member Robert Bordone Writes “What Obama Should Say About Syria” for NPR’s Cognoscenti
Program on Negotiation faculty member and Director of the Harvard Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program at Harvard Law School, Robert Bordone, and HNMCP clinical instructor Alonzo Emery … Read This Post
Hitting “Pause” On International Negotiations
On August 7, President Barack Obama canceled a summit with Russian President Valdimir Putin scheduled for September in Moscow, citing a lack of progress on a variety … Read Hitting “Pause” On International Negotiations
Negotiating With Self – Obama’s Syria Deliberations
Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School faculty member Erica Ariel Fox recently published an article for Forbes.com discussing the inner negotiations that she advises leaders to … Read This Post
In Conflict Management, The Devil is in the Details
Negotiators engaged in conflict management are commonly advised to focus on the big picture, but sometimes it’s the smaller signs that can derail an agreement.
That was literally … Read This Post
The Future of Warfare and “Invisible Threats” to Peace: How Technology is Reshaping the Battlefield
Program on Negotiation and Harvard Law School faculty member Gabriella Blum’s essay “Invisible Threats,” co-authored with Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution, was featured on the Harvard … Read This Post
Got a raw deal? Renegotiate a better one
Many viewed the deal to be a terrible one from the start. In December 2008, Richard M. Daley, then Chicago’s mayor, announced that his administration had agreed … Read Got a raw deal? Renegotiate a better one
Bet you didn’t know…When learning is the best goal of all
Abundant negotiation research suggests that negotiators are better off setting specific, challenging goals rather than vague “I’ll do my best” goals. In a new study, Kevin Tasa … Read This Post
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Join fellow professionals, executives, graduate students, and community members for the Negotiation and Dispute Resolution Seminar to learn … Read This Post