Putting aside hubris, desires for revenge, or to humiliate the other side - parties in dispute need to have some means of making...

It is difficult to understate the importance that threats play in most negotiations. A threat is any communication that delivers demands...

Take time to identify the most difficult question the other side might ask — whether for tactical, emotional, or ethical reasons. By...

■■ Start where people are, and not where we want them to be. Recognition of peoples’ experiences of conflict, and how it affects their...

Research shows (Tal & Wansink, 2014) that the mere presence of science-related reasoning (e.g., charts, graphs, formulas) enhances the...

Britain, along with much of Northern Europe and the Far East, is classed as a “non-contact” culture, in which there’s very little...

OVERCOMING DEADLOCK As negotiations proceed, parties sometimes reach deadlock -- often not due to out and out conflict, but rather due to...

Malcolm in the Middle Central Intelligence Love Field High Resolution Walk the Line Gentleman’s Agreement Going my Way We need to talk...

My dad was a Coroner and held countless inquests into unexplained deaths. He was often amazed how two credible and honest witnesses could...

The Waco siege occurred over 51 days between February and April 1993 when Mount Carmel Centre, a compound belonging to the religious sect...

The 1815 Congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian uber-statesman Metternich, and held...

Mediations are not hostage-taking situations. But many of the methods used to resolve hostage-taking are used successfully in...

Mediation is not hostage-negotiation. But some of the methods used by hostage negotiators can help inform the mediator because the former...

· Born 1948 · 1973- 1992 United Nations · 1991 - U.S. President's Special Award for Exceptional Service in December 1991 · 1992 -...

· Born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; 1923 · American lawyer, diplomat and political scientist. · 1973 - U.S. Secretary of State to Richard...

· Born 1949 · Grand-Cross of the Order of Liberty, Portugal (1998) · Co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize with Carlo Filipe Ximenes...

· Graduated, York University · Government Aide to Edward Heath’s Government · ARC Limited, Government Affairs · Consolidated Gold Fields,...

· April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010 · U.S. Diplomat · Magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official · Investment ...

· Born 31 May 1939) · English humanitarian and author · Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the Archbishop of Canterbury ·...

· 27 October 1858 – 6 January 1919 · American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer · Leader of the Republican...