International Negotiation

Ever on the Brink: Mending Indo-Pak Relations & Halting Proxy War in Kashmir

by Rahul Menon

"Humanitarianism and World Politics in Kosovo: a Symbiotic Relationship?"

by Andrea Edoardo Varisco

Book Chapter in Michele Acuto, ed., Negotiating Relief: The Dialectics of Humanitarian Space (London and New York: Hurst & Co. and Columbia University Press), forthcoming 2012

What Makes an Effective Negotiator? A Phenomenological Look at the Dominican Republic

by Nazly Nardi

Negotiating with Dominicans: An analysis of the negotiation style used by Dominicans

by Nazly Nardi

Negotiating Relief: the dialectics of humanitarian space

by Michele Acuto

includes contributions by: Hugo Slim, Don Hubert, Cynthia Brassard-Boudreau, Roland Bleiker, Emma Hutchinson, David Campbell, Sarah Collinson, Mathew Davies, Kurt Mills, Andrea Edoardo Varisco, Johan Galtung, Paul Zeccola, Mark Schuller, Alex Bellamy, David Chandler, Conor Foley, Phil O’Keefe, Janaka Jayawickrama, Geoff O’Brien, Heather M. Roff, Marie Juul Petersen, Fabrice Weissman, Antonio Donini, William Maley, Jennifer Hyndman, Fiona Terry and Thomas G. Weiss.

While humanitarianism is unquestionably a fast-growing subject of practitioner and scholarly engagement, much... more While humanitarianism is unquestionably a fast-growing subject of practitioner and scholarly engagement, much discussion about it is predicated on a dangerous dichotomy between ‘aid givers’ and ‘relief takers’ that largely misrepresents the negotiated nature of the humanitarian enterprise. To highlight the tension between these relationships, this book focuses on the ‘humanitarian spaces’ and the dynamics of ‘humanitarian diplomacy’ (both ‘local’ and ‘global’) that sustain them. It gathers key voices to provide a critical analysis of international theory, geopolitics and dilemmas underpinning the negotiation of relief.
Offering up-to-date examples from cases such as Kosovo and the Tsunami, or ongoing crises like Haiti, Libya, Darfur and Somalia, the contributors analyse the complexity of humanitarian diplomacy and the multiplicity of geographies and actors involved in it. By investigating the transformations that both diplomacy and humanitarianism are undergoing, the authors prompt us towards a critical and eclectic understanding of the dialectics of humanitarian space. Negotiating Relief aims to present humanitarianism not only as a relief delivery mechanism but also as a phenomenon in dialogue with both localised crises and global politics.

"A new negotiation platform for the Iranian nuclear programme"

by Francisco Galamas

co-authored with Jelena Petrovic, on EurActiv.com

Mission impossible? Only if one adopts the premise that Iran having a nuclear programme is necessarily a bad thing.... more Mission impossible? Only if one adopts the premise that Iran having a nuclear programme is necessarily a bad thing. However, not all of the versions of the nuclear programme are as bad. Accepting this as a starting point may bring negotiations forward, not as the best, but certainly the least bad option on the table for all interested stakeholders.

A new negotiation platform for the Iranian nuclear programme

by Jelena Petrovic

EurActive Opinions, co-authored with Francisco Galamas

With the right manoeuvres, the EU and the US could create a new base of negotiations with the Iranian government where... more With the right manoeuvres, the EU and the US could create a new base of negotiations with the Iranian government where the implementation of its nuclear programme would not be out of question but would create mutual benefits

Arvanitis, A. (2012). The truth about negotiations. Project Syndicate.

by Alexios Arvanitis

Newspaper article, received by 203 newspapers around the world.

The EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement: Will it Ever Happen?

by Patricia Nelson

Presentation at the 28th Stockholm Seminar on Japan, 18 Jan 2012, with Mr Tommy Kullberg, former head of the European Business Council in Japan, as the discussant.

The EU and Japan are currently preparing for negotiations on a free trade agreement (or an economic partnership... more The EU and Japan are currently preparing for negotiations on a free trade agreement (or an economic partnership agreement). However, Japan’s economy is still perceived of as being quite closed. If that is the case, can there ever be an agreement? This talk will contextualize the issues and offer an analytical perspective on how economics and politics have played out in several industrial sectors.

Cultural Awareness as a Negotiation Strategy

by Daniel Millsap

Nations are inter-dependent.  In order to achieve their goals, negotiators from different countries must be... more Nations are inter-dependent.  In order to achieve their goals, negotiators from different countries must be willing and able to communicate and come to agreements. Misunderstandings may arise during the process due to a lack of cultural awareness and misunderstandings that may occur unintentionally.  Misunderstandings at the negotiating table have a potentially large effect on the world so it is important to understand why they arise and what can be done to prevent them. To do so, cultural dynamics, in addition to negotiating techniques, must be understood. The purpose of this paper is to examine Chinese and U.S. cultures and how their similarities and differences may affect a negotiating interaction. Recommendations, based upon the findings, will be given at the end of the paper. 

Das Harvard Konzept - Der Klassiker der Verhandlungsmethodik? Eine Kritik

by Julia Palme

2010

Immer wieder wird das Harvard-Konzept als Schlüssel zum Erfolg in Verhandlungen aller Art angepriesen. Es könne auf... more Immer wieder wird das Harvard-Konzept als Schlüssel zum Erfolg in Verhandlungen aller Art angepriesen. Es könne auf allen Ebenen universell angewendet werden – vom zwischenmenschlichen Bereich bis hin zum internationalen Kontext, so die Autoren. Dies ist nicht zuletzt der Grund, warum es als Klassiker der Verhandlungslehre gilt. So sollte das Harvard-Konzept auch in innerstaatlichen Konflikten unterschiedlicher Intensität zur Einigung und Konfliktbeilegung führen. Gilt dies auch für innerstaatliche Konflikte, die bereits zu exzessiven Gewalthandlungen oder kriegsartigen Zuständen geführt haben? Wie relevant ist das Harvard-Konzept im Kontext von Waffenstillstandsabkommen oder Friedensverhandlungen? Wird es dem Anspruch der Universalität gerecht? In diesem Aufsatz wird das Harvard-Konzept einer kritischen Betrachtung unterzogen, indem seine impliziten und expliziten Hypothesen im Lichte von innerstaatlichen gewaltsamen Konflikten diskutiert werden. Im Ergebnis wird befunden, dass keine ausreichenden Impulse für die Verhandlungen während oder nach einem Bürgerkrieg vom Harvard-Konzept ausgehen. Darin werden die Zusammenhänge so stark vereinfacht, dass es für diese Art von hochkomplexen Konflikttypen keinen überzeugenden Verhandlungsansatz bieten kann.

From Kyoto to Durban: The Fits and Starts of Global Climate Change Negotiations

by J. Jackson Ewing

Two-level games in negotiations between the United States and the countries of post-Soviet Eurasia

by Mikhail Troitskiy

Published in PIN Points, #37-2012

The Legitimacy of multilateral climate governance: a deliberative democratic approach

by Hayley Stevenson

Co-authored with John S. Dryzek.
Working Paper, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance

For almost three decades, the international community has
grappled with the challenge of avoiding dangerous... more For almost three decades, the international community has
grappled with the challenge of avoiding dangerous global climate
change. The failure to produce a new comprehensive treaty in
Copenhagen, in 2009, provoked debate about appropriate decisionmaking processes. Multilateralism has lost favor and credibility, while ‘minilateralism’ appears to be an idea whose time has come. Reconciling this approach with growing demands for legitimacy in global governance will be difficult but essential. Existing proposals for reforming multilateral negotiations promise greater effectiveness, but fall short on legitimacy. We propose that the dilemma of securing
both effectiveness and legitimacy can be resolved in a deliberative democratic model that combines minilateralism with discursive representation. Legitimacy is therein sought in the resonance of collective decisions with public opinion, defined in terms of the provisional engagement and contestation of discourses.

Lessons from the KORUS FTA and the EU-Korea FTA

by Patricia Nelson

Japan - What's Next?
Venue : Torsten, 3rd floor, Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65

Preliminary Program

June 9: Bringing together Business leaders, Officials and Scholars

8:30 Welcome remarks
Marie Söderberg, Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies
Lars Bergman, President, Stockholm School of Economics
H. E. Mr. Yoshiki Watanabe, Japanese Ambassador to Sweden

I. Session (9:00)
Japan’s Economy after the Crisis-Consequences, Impact and Prospects
Chair: Patricia A. Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, EIJS

Carlo Filippini, Professor, Bocconi University
“The effect of the crisis on the Japanese economy”

Bo Dankis, Chairman, Swedish Trade Council
“What does the crisis mean for European Companies?”

Naohiko Nishio, Director, Mitsubishi Corporation, Stockholm Office
“How Japanese Companies in Sweden are affected?”

General discussion

10:30 Coffee Break


II. Session (11:00)
EU-Japan current state of affairs
Chair: John Swenson-Wright, Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge

Analyzing current state of the relationship after the EU-Japan Summit in May. What kind of cooperation are we to expect in the future?

Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia
“EU-Japan Cooperation - From Framework to Ad-Hoc Cooperation”

Yuichi Hosoya, Professor, Keio University
“The EU-Japan Relations and the Future of East Asian Order: from a Japanese Perspective”

Florence Liou, Deputy Head of Division, European External Action Service
“Assessment of the Summit Outcome – A European Perspective”

Jiro Takamoto, Chief of the EU unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
“Assessment of the Summit Outcome – A Japanese Perspective”

General discussion

12:30 Lunch


III. Session (13:30)
EU-Japan Trade and Investment
Chair: Anders Ahnlid, Director-General for Trade
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Patricia A. Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, EIJS
“Lessons from the EU-Korea and US-Korea Free Trade Agreements”

Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, Director,
European Centre for International Political Economy
“What forces will be driving the FTA process?”

Yasu Matsuyama, Special Advisor,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan and JETRO London Office
“Japan - EU Economic Integration Agreement: Now or Never?”

Antonio Parenti, Deputy Head of Unit DG Trade, European Commission
“Towards an EU-Japan FTA? State of Play and Stumbling Blocks”

General discussion

15:00 Coffee Break


IV. Session (15:30-17:00)
Stockholm Seminar on Japan
Roundtable discussion
EU-Japan Trade Relations: What’s Next?
Moderator: Marie Söderberg, Director, EIJS

1. Tommy Kullberg, Chairman, European Business Council (EBC)
2. Hiromasa Kubo, Professor, University of Kobe
3. Hajime Wakuda, Deputy Executive Director, Japan Machinery Center Brussels Office
4. Erik Belfrage, Chair, EU Trade Policy Study Group and Senior Vice President, SEB

17:00 End of Conference
18:00 DINNER (invited guests only)


10 June: Academic workshop day


I. Session (9:00)
A Future EU-Japan Agenda?
Chair: Glenn Hook, Professor, Sheffield University

Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia
“EU-Japan in the Years Ahead”

Yuichi Hosoya, Professor, Keio University
"The Evolution of the EU-Japan Relations: A 'Normative Partnership'?"

Discussant: Linus Hagström, Senior Research Fellow, SIIA

10:30 Coffee Break

II. Session (11:00)
EU-Japan Trade relations
Chair: Yoichi Sugita, Assistant, Stockholm School of Economics

Hiromasa Kubo, Professor, Kobe University
“Prospects for a Free Trade Agreement”

Norbert Palanovics, Associate Professor, University of Pécs
“The Rule of Common Sense: Perceptual differences when trading between Japan and the EU”

Discussant: Richard Nakamura, Assistant Professor,
Linnaeus University

12:30 Lunch


III. Session (14:00)
Politics and Security: Where do we go from here?
Chair: Axel Berkofsky, Professor, University of Pavia

Kimie Hara, Renison Reserch Professor, University of Waterloo
“60 Years from San Francisco: Re-examining Frontier Problems in the Shifting Regional Order in East Asia”

Linus Hagström, Senior Research Fellow, SIIA
“Problematizing ‘structural shift’ in Sino-Japanese relations: The territorial dispute as context”

Bert Edström, Senior Research Fellow, ISDP
“Fukushima as a stress test for the Japanese political system”

Discussant: John Swenson-Wright, Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge

16:00 Coffee Break

IV. Session (16:15)
Responses to Earthquake and Mediating Risk
Chair: Akihiro Ogawa, Assistant Professor, Stockholm University

Glenn Hook, Professor, Sheffield University
“Mediating risk in Japan: Crossing borders and the role of the state”

Annette Skovsted Hansen, Associate Professor,
Aarhus University
“Responses to the 2011 Earthquake on Facebook”

Discussant: Norbert Palanovics, Associate Professor,
University of Pécs

V. Session (17:30)

CONCLUSIONS/WRAP-UP/EJARN ANNUAL MEETING

18:30 End of Conference

19:30 DINNER (invited guests only)



The conference is sponsored by Toshiba International Foundation and the European Institute of Japanese Studies.

The Lisbon Treaty Effect: Toward a New EU-Japan Economic and Trade Partnership?

by Patricia Nelson

COMMENTS WELCOME!

Update: 20 May 2011

Address: Saltmätargatan 19C, Box 6501, Stockholm, SE-113 83, Sweden;
tel: +46-8-736-9364; fax: +46-8-313017; email: patricia.nelson@hhs.se

The Lisbon Treaty signalled that the European Parliament had become a central actor in the EU-Japan economic and trade... more The Lisbon Treaty signalled that the European Parliament had become a central actor in the EU-Japan economic and trade partnership. In 2007, the ‘Global Europe’ strategy formalised the EU’s process of expanding trade relationships via free trade agreements. The EU-Korea FTA was the first of these to enter into force during 2011. Should Japan and the EU move forward with their own bilateral economic agreement despite a number of pending economic and trade issues ranging from mutual recognition or harmonization in clinical trials to the expansion of foreign direct investment to regulatory transparency? There are two main stumbling blocks to an agreement: the linking of issues and non-tariff measures (NTMs). Three case studies from aerospace, telecommunications and food safety illustrate instances in which linking has not been successful and highlights specific NTMs. Progress in negotiations between the EU and Japan depends on: the sector’s regulatory past; the level of transparency and presence of NTMs; and external factors including global trends and momentum towards agreements in other parts of the world. It remains to be seen if a formal bilateral arrangement is likely to be the result of the EU’s and Japan’s adoption of a new approach to negotiations.

A Dialogical-Republican Revival: Respect-worthy Constitutionalism in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Southern Philippines

by Edsel Tupaz

Representing “The Peoples”? Post-neoliberal states in the international climate negotiations

by Hayley Stevenson

Working Paper, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance

In recent years, the post-neoliberal bloc of Latin America
countries, ALBA, has fashioned a role for itself in... more In recent years, the post-neoliberal bloc of Latin America
countries, ALBA, has fashioned a role for itself in international climate change negotiations as representing the voice of ‘the peoples’. In this article I draw on innovative theorising of representation to critically examine this claim. I argue that although ALBA has sought to construct a constituency
based on the malleable notion of ‘the people’, its function is better understood as ‘discursive representation’, and specifically as representation of Green Radical discourses. Such forms of representation are potentially important in global governance given the challenges of capturing the interests of all affected parties. I critically evaluate this case of discursive representation in terms of its rhetorical efficacy; accountability; and legitimacy. Although certain favourable elements emerge from this  valuation, this case also points to the potential hazards of transmitting a public discourse through a state-based representative in multilateral settings.

Working With Anger

by Daniel Keeran MSW

by Daniel Keeran, MSW, RMHC-S

Anger is an emotion often associated with violence, conflict, marriage and family breakdown, child abuse, and... more Anger is an emotion often associated with violence, conflict, marriage and family breakdown, child abuse, and bullying. Chronic anger toward self and others may lead to self-destructive patterns, addiction, assault, and suicidal behavior. Stress from chronic anger can contribute to changes in the central nervous system, depression, and physical illness. Adapted from the book "Effective Counseling Skills" by the author, this paper provides ideas for understanding and working with anger in ways that can be transformative and healing. Practitioners in the helping professions, couples and families, and people in the work place can benefit from this brief practical summary.

Diplomatic ambiguity: from the power-centric practice to a reasoned theory

by Drazen Pehar

Polemos: Vol. VIII No. 15-16 December 2005.

The author proposes a theoretical guide for a practice-oriented analysis of diplomatic ambiguity. Based primarily on... more The author proposes a theoretical guide for a practice-oriented analysis of diplomatic ambiguity. Based primarily on both the comments by classical diplomatic theorists and his
own historical interpretation of the use of diplomatic ambiguity during the Rambouillet negotiations on the status of Kosovo/a, he offers a reconstruction of the power-centric view
of diplomatic ambiguity that has been, as he demonstrates, implicitly endorsed by the key actors of the Rambouillet negotiating process. He claims that, though such a view can give
one some insight into contingent historical developments and help one understand some cases of diplomatic practice, it suffers from several flaws that make it an unlikely candidate
for a viable and comprehensive theory of diplomatic ambiguity. Furthermore the author presents, in a rudimentary and preliminary form, an alternative, more reasoned view of
diplomatic ambiguity that is, on the one hand, language-centric and non-legalistic, and, on the other, sufficiently responsive to doxatic/cognitive aspects of ambiguity and also consistent
with Der Derian’s concept of diplomacy as “mediation of estrangement”.