Summer 2010 Roadshow

Negotiation Day, Diplomatic Academy, Vienna

18 June 2010, IIASA

March 2009 IIASA Policy Brief

Negotiating with Terrorists (pdf)

The official line is that public authorities do not negotiate with terrorists. However, governments frequently do end up negotiating with hostage talkers and kidnappers and with political groups classified as terrorists. Clearly there are negotiations and negotiations, just as there are terrorists and terrorists. While this briefing does not necessarily advocate negotiating with terrorists, it outlines the practicalities of such negotiations, providing a guide to deciding how, when, and with whom to negotiate.

This IIASA Policy brief is based on the soon to be published PIN book project Negotiating with Terrorists (ToC).

New Issue of PINPoints

The Fall Issue 2009 (pdf) of PINpoints focuses on the role of science in international policymaking. The application of scientific knowledge in international decision making and regime-building has been the goal of PIN and IIASA in the past which should be enhanced. However, the effective use of scientific knowledge in international policy-making is a complex area in its own right. Therefore, processes and dynamics involved should be considered.

The Spring Issue 2009 (pdf) of PINpoints underscores producing academic insights that are of practical use to society in general and the policy world in particular.

The Fall Issue 2008 (pdf) of PINPoints discusses conditions of multilateralism and its impact to the negotiation process reflecting types and the processes of decision making..

Workshop 2009 - Negotiation on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

13-14 June 2009, Wodak Room, IIASA

The 2009 project of PIN is conducting a cooperation with the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the CTBT Organization (CTBTO) to evaluate the negotiation process associated with the establishment of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and its Organization and its inspection efforts.

Workshop Description

Programme

New PIN book

The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution
 
The new book, edited by Jacob Bercovitch, Victor Kremenyuk and I. William Zartman with the other PIN members as Associate Editors demonstrates the range of themes that constitute modern conflict resolution. It brings together all the conceptual, methodological, and substantive elements of Conflict Resolution into one volume of 35 specially commissioned chapters. Resolving conflicts and making peace is no longer an option; it is an intellectual and practical skill that all must possess. The book helps to understand both the promise of as well as the obstacles to theory-building in the new field of conflict resolution.

In the PIN book Diplomacy Games, leading experts in international negotiations present a number of formal models of conflict resolution and international negotiations. Book details.

Dialog Session on Caspian Sea Issues
In May 2006, the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN) Program organized a dialog session among representatives of the five littoral states of the Caspian Sea (i.e. Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan) at the Mint Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The purpose was to inspire discussions, not about the border or other contentious issues, but about equally important matters that have received less attention, such as pollution, regimes, land use, and water.  Following briefings on the relevant topics by IIASA scientists David Wiberg, Fabian Wagner, Ulf Dieckmann and Yaroslav Minnulin as well as David Griffiths from Dalhousie University, representatives of the 5 littoral Caspian states discussed their applicability to the Caspian Basin. Full report (184 pages, pdf).

The 3rd Caspian Dialogue in Almaty, Kazakhstan was held from 3 - 4 October, 2008 at the Presidential Palace No 2 in Almaty which is co-organized by The Institute of World Economy and Politics under the First Kazakhstan President Foundation (IWEP). The conference was concluded with a resolution.

Recently Published
In Escalation and Negotiation in International Conflicts, steering committee members I. William Zartman and Guy Olivier Faure bring together European and American scholars to examine this important topic and define the point where the concepts and practices of escalation and negotiation meet. Book details.

Peace versus Justice: Negotiating Forward- and Backward-Looking Outcomes, edited by steering committee members I. William Zartman and Victor Kremenyuk, examines the desired and achievable mix between negotiation strategies that look backward to end current hostilities and those that look ahead to prevent their recurrence. Book details.

	Their new book Peace versus Justice: Negotiating Forward- and Backward-Looking Outcomes
	Negotiations surrounding the complicated Caspian Sea region
	The nature of negotiation processes between Europe and Central America
	The special problems of weak states in the negotiation process
	Other theoretical and fundamental issues such as the concept of dialog and the kind of negotiation required by new security issues
	How the Network's road shows or mini-conferences are disseminating new knowledge about negotiation.

Other Recent PIN Books The Processes of International Negotiation Network is pleased to announce that its bestselling classic International Negotiations: Analysis, Approaches, Issues has been translated into Chinese. Details.
Negotiating European Union, new from steering committee members Paul W. Meerts and Franz Cede, seeks a better understanding of the character and characteristics of negotiations processes as an opportunity (or obstacle) to European Union. Book details

A Greek translation of Culture
and Negotiation: The Resolution
of Water Disputes has recently been
published by Kastaniotis Editions S.A.,
Athens. Edited by Guy Olivier Faure and the late Jeffrey Z. Rubin, the original English language version was published in 1993.
   
Professional Cultures in International Negotiation: Bridge or Rift? provides insights into the potential benefits and perils of enlisting professionals in multilateral discussions. It includes useful analyses of the circumstances in which professional cultures can bridge diverse delegations, and those in which they will cause or deepen rifts.

About the Network
The Processes of International Negotiation Network (PIN) is a group of international scholars whose secretariat is based at IIASA. The network organizes and conducts research on a broad spectrum of topics related to the theory and application of negotiation in various fields.

	broaden dissemination of new knowledge about negotiation
	develop networks of interested scholars and practitioners
	further the improved study and practice of negotiation

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