Presenter:
Brian S. Mandell
In his presentation, The Limits of Track II Diplomacy: Early Lessons from the Geneva Initiative, Brian Mandell will examine the effectiveness of Track II initiatives. In December 2003, a group of prominent Israelis and Palestinians signed the Geneva Accord, a peace initiative that was negotiated in secret for more than two years despite ongoing violence on both sides. Official responses to the initiative have been mixed. Are Track II initiatives helpful or counterproductive, especially when compared to recent efforts at the official Track I level of Middle East diplomacy?
Brian S. Mandell is lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and chair of the School’s Negotiation Project. His current teaching and research address the theory and practice of negotiation, emphasizing third-party facilitation and consensus building in domestic and international protracted policy disputes. He writes about contentious disputes and is completing a book on scenario planning for conflict managers and negotiation practitioners.
Following Brian Mandell’s talk is a Peervision case by Theodore Johnson, Program Manager and Legal Adviser at Conflict Management Group (CMG). Mr. Johnson has conducted negotiation and training workshops with government, community and corporate leaders in the North and South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Please RSVP to Kim Wright, klwright@law.harvard.edu, or by fax to (617) 495-7818.
