When peace and conflict resolution are your goals, what should you do when your would-be counterpart doesn’t want to come to the negotiating table? U.S. president Donald Trump faces this question as he tries to determine the right path to take with North Korea.
Tensions have ratcheted up lately as concerns mount that North Korea could … Read More 
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For Paris Climate Accord, April 22 Marks Moment of Truth
The global climate change accord talks are some of the most interesting negotiations to have taken place in the past year. This article examines the at-the-table issues the negotiators faced with China and other world leaders in attempting to forge a negotiated agreement on climate change.
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Modest Goals Gave Hope to Syria Peace talks
In international negotiations and other complex multiparty negotiations, should you set ambitious goals right from the start or begin with more modest ones?
Aiming high can lead to dramatic payoffs if you succeed, but the difficulty of orchestrating complicated international negotiations can increase the risk of impasse. By contrast, starting with more modest goals may suggest … Read More
In Renegotiation with Britain, EU Faced Weak BATNA
How David Cameron’s Tory government’s plans to leave the euro-zone have EU ministers scrambling in negotiations with a weak alternative to a negotiated agreement.
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Business Negotiations: What You Need to Know About Joint-Fact Finding
Joint fact finding is a multistep, collaborative process for bringing together negotiating partners with different interests, values, and perspectives. Here are the five stages through which joint fact finding typically proceeds.
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- Business Negotiations
- Conflict Resolution
- Crisis Negotiations
- Combatting COVID-19 with Common Interests
- What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Harvard Law Professor Guhan Subramanian Moderates Panel on Difficult Negotiation Scenarios
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Dealing with Difficult People: Lies, Lies, and More Lies
- How to Deal with Difficult Customers
- Managing Difficult Conversations: Achieving Objectives with Backmapping Negotiation Strategies
- When Dealing with Difficult People, Try a Complementary Approach
- Ethics in Negotiations: How to Deal with Deception at the Bargaining Table
- Dealmaking
- How Does Mediation Work in a Lawsuit?
- Dealmaking Tips: 7 Negotiation Tactics for Saving a Deal from Collapse
- Business Contract Mistakes—and How to Avoid Them
- Lessons for Business Negotiators: Negotiation Techniques from International Diplomacy
- Business Negotiation Skills: How to Enhance Your Negotiated Agreement
- Dispute Resolution
- 3 Negotiation Strategies for Conflict Resolution
- Win Win Negotiation Example – Change the Name of the Game
- What are the Three Basic Types of Dispute Resolution? What to Know About Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
- Patience is a Winning Negotiation Skill for Getting What You Want at the Negotiation Table
- How Fast-Food Workers Used Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to Demand Higher Wages
- International Negotiation
- Negotiation Case Studies: The Bangladesh Factory-Safety Agreements
- A Crisis Negotiations Case Study: Chen Guangcheng, the United States, China, and Diplomatic Negotiations
- Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Negotiation: China and the Gold Rush Mentality
- How to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Negotiation
- Negotiation Analysis: The US, Taliban, and the Bergdahl Exchange
- Leadership Skills
- How to Negotiate in Cross-Cultural Situations
- Organizational Leadership in High-Stakes Business Negotiations
- Negotiations, Gender, and Status at the Bargaining Table
- Leadership Styles in Negotiation: The Case of Ebay and Paypal
- Leadership Skills in Negotiation: How to Negotiate Equity Incentives with Senior Management
- Mediation
- Undecided on Your Dispute Resolution Process? Combine Mediation and Arbitration, Known as Med-Arb
- How Mediation Can Help Resolve Pro Sports Disputes
- Definition of Mediation and the Mediation Process: The Impact of Lawyers on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Why is Negotiation Important: Mediation in Transactional Negotiations
- Mediation: Sitting Down at the Table
- Negotiation Skills
- Negotiation Training
- Salary Negotiations
- Teaching Negotiation
- Win-Win Negotiations