by Elinah Nciizah, Zimbabwe We are in our last week at the IPSI 2014 Bologna Symposium yet every day is a first-hand discovery of shared thoughts, ideas, knowledge and practice. Certainly, learning at the 2014 [...]
by Thea Price, United States This week at the 2014 IPSI Bologna Symposium we were so fortunate to have the opportunity to hear from an incredible mediator and peace builder with over twenty years’ experience, [...]
by Oscar Sánchez Piñeiro As we have seen from the 2014 IPSI Bologna Symposium speakers who have presented their work in the last few weeks, there exists a proliferation of NGOs and private entities involved [...]
by Stephen Wilson, Australia The year was 1992. Senior Political Advisor, Álvaro de Soto was accompanying recently-appointed United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on a long-haul flight. With the recently achieved El Salvadorean Chapultepec Peace Accords [...]
by Shirin Khosropour, USA/Iran The rain came down fast and we welcomed this change in the weather. On this Monday of our third week, some braved the rain to walk the 20-minutes to the John’s [...]
by Mara Goldberg, United States I first interacted with Dr. Joyce Neu in March. I had recently completed my undergraduate degree and was searching for organizations that could provide me with career advice in conflict [...]
by Trust Mamombe, Zimbabwe Enter Wilbur Perlot, the Deputy Director of the Clingendael Academy and a ‘Specialist in Difficult Negotiations’ (SDN, my creative acronym). Here is a man with a non-negotiably long CV. That being [...]
by Melissa Gregg, United Kingdom As we come to the end of this week, it’s hard to believe that the 2014 Bologna Symposium is at its halfway point. As a graduate of the 2013 Hague [...]
by Zachary Laranang, United States 2014 IPSI Bologna participants Zach Laranang and Marta D'Agosto on panel during negotiations The second week in Bologna was even better than the first! It was all about [...]
by Robert Heyn, Germany Last Wednesday was a very special day for me. I was very much looking forward to Wilbur Perlot's class on international negotiation. Whenever negotiation was on the schedule during my undergraduate [...]