Jonathan E. Pearl
The Art (and science) of Defence
Putting aside hubris, desires for revenge, or to humiliate the other side - parties in dispute need to have some means of making...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Sep 2, 20198 min read
The Trouble with Threats!
It is difficult to understate the importance that threats play in most negotiations. A threat is any communication that delivers demands...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Aug 15, 20191 min read
Copy of Tips for parties: Ask yourself some tough questions.
Take time to identify the most difficult question the other side might ask — whether for tactical, emotional, or ethical reasons. By...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Aug 7, 20191 min read
Copy of Tips for Parties: You can listen as well as you hear
■■ Start where people are, and not where we want them to be. Recognition of peoples’ experiences of conflict, and how it affects their...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Aug 5, 20191 min read
Tips for parties: The Appliance of Science
Research shows (Tal & Wansink, 2014) that the mere presence of science-related reasoning (e.g., charts, graphs, formulas) enhances the...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Jul 30, 20192 min read
Touch Taboo
Britain, along with much of Northern Europe and the Far East, is classed as a “non-contact” culture, in which there’s very little...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Jul 9, 20192 min read
How to overcome a deadlock
OVERCOMING DEADLOCK As negotiations proceed, parties sometimes reach deadlock -- often not due to out and out conflict, but rather due to...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Jul 9, 20191 min read
Film Club for Mediators....
Malcolm in the Middle Central Intelligence Love Field High Resolution Walk the Line Gentleman’s Agreement Going my Way We need to talk...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Jul 9, 20192 min read
If my memory serves me.....
My dad was a Coroner and held countless inquests into unexplained deaths. He was often amazed how two credible and honest witnesses could...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Jul 9, 20198 min read
Crisis Negotiation Stories #4 – The WACO Texas Siege
The Waco siege occurred over 51 days between February and April 1993 when Mount Carmel Centre, a compound belonging to the religious sect...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Jul 9, 20194 min read
Crisis Negotiation Stories #3 – The Congress of Vienna
The 1815 Congress of Vienna was a meeting of ambassadors of European states chaired by the Austrian uber-statesman Metternich, and held...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
Jul 9, 20195 min read
Crisis Negotiation Stories #2 – Iran Hostage siege
Mediations are not hostage-taking situations. But many of the methods used to resolve hostage-taking are used successfully in...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 28, 20192 min read
Negotiation Stories #1 – The Manila Hostage crisis.... the lessons learned...
Mediation is not hostage-negotiation. But some of the methods used by hostage negotiators can help inform the mediator because the former...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 24, 20192 min read
Great Mediators in History #6. Giandomenico Picco
· Born 1948 · 1973- 1992 United Nations · 1991 - U.S. President's Special Award for Exceptional Service in December 1991 · 1992 -...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 24, 20192 min read
Great Mediators in History #5. Henry Kissinger.
· Born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; 1923 · American lawyer, diplomat and political scientist. · 1973 - U.S. Secretary of State to Richard...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 24, 20191 min read
Great Mediators in History #8. José Manuel Ramos-Horta
· Born 1949 · Grand-Cross of the Order of Liberty, Portugal (1998) · Co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize with Carlo Filipe Ximenes...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 24, 20193 min read
Great Mediators in History #2. Michael Young OBE
· Graduated, York University · Government Aide to Edward Heath’s Government · ARC Limited, Government Affairs · Consolidated Gold Fields,...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 24, 20191 min read
Great Mediators in History #3. Richard Holbrooke
· April 24, 1941 – December 13, 2010 · U.S. Diplomat · Magazine editor, author, professor, Peace Corps official · Investment ...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 24, 20192 min read
Great Mediators in History: Terry Waite CBE
· Born 31 May 1939) · English humanitarian and author · Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the Archbishop of Canterbury ·...
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Jonathan E. Pearl
May 24, 20191 min read
Great Mediators in History #8. Teddy Roosevelt.
· 27 October 1858 – 6 January 1919 · American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer · Leader of the Republican...
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