By Yuliya Chorna, Ukraine Before arriving to Bologna I read through the participants’ bios and wondered how the Bologna Symposium would meet the expectations of such a diverse group of people. As we are diverse [...]

by Charlotte Nicol, UK/Australia At the end of an intense week of the skills training and speaker presentations which made up our second week here in Bologna, I know I am not the only one [...]

by Nirmanusan Balasundaram, Sri Lanka Since the beginning of the IPSI program, I began to feel the emergence of a special energy within myself. I entered into Johns Hopkins, SAIS auditorium last Friday filled in [...]

by Luna Kalas, Bosnia Although it is amazing to have an opportunity to listen and work with people like Betty Bigombe, Álvaro de Soto and Anthony Wanis-St. John, it is even a greater opportunity to [...]

by Charly Jaffe, U.S.A. Before recalling the events of the day, I must make a confession: I am a bit of a rookie at this conference. And I like it. Instead of sitting in class [...]

by Sascha Nanlohy, Australia Rather than discussing, as I am sure many will, the amazing training given by Dr. Wanis-St. John and the incisive analysis of Joyce Neu I would like to speak about the [...]

by Maddy Bowditch, Australia I arrived at the SAIS Bologna Centre Yesterday at 7:59, albeit bleary eyed, eager to begin our first day of Negotiation Skills Training with Dr. Anthony Wanis-St John. My excitement was [...]

by Ryan Bennett, U.S.A. When hearing about international crises, large or small, I have always had a tendency to imagine the negotiations and meditations surrounding them as complex, yet elegant processes that pull together all [...]

by Matt Mason, U.S.A. Yesterday we heard from Susan Collin Marks, the senior vice president of Search for Common Ground (SFCG), an organization that works to transform the way the world defines conflict. Marks defined [...]

by Dana Higgins Called to attention by Tibetan bells, we began the last day of training with Search for Common Ground.  It was a very introspective day, focused on the qualities of leadership and how [...]