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Annual Conferences

International Negotiation : A Journal of Theory and Practice - 10 Year Anniversary
With opening comments by Bertram Spector, Editor-in-Chief, Center for Negotiation Analysis and followed with remarks by Fred C. Iklé, Distinguished Scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and former undersecretary of defense for policy during the first and second Reagan administrations; and Thomas C. Schelling, 2005 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, December 5, 2006

Haiti: Overcoming Conflict: SAIS Student Research Trip
Panel Presentation and Discussion
with opening comments by Raymond Joseph, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Haiti, Washington, DC, March 30, 2007

The Gains and Pains of Multilateralism
Organized by the Conflict Management Program - International Relations - Center for Transatlantic Relations
and the University of Paris 1, Sorbonne
October 21-22, 2004
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Explaining Cooperation Among States
April 2, 2004

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Systems of World Order Conference
March 28, 2003
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Insights Into Negotiation
April 26, 2002
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 2005-2006 Brown Bag Series

"Making Peace in Guatemala - The Role of Religious NGOs"
Reverend Phil Anderson, Partners for Peace
Wednesday, September 21, 2005

"Agent-Based Computational Modeling and Civil Violence"
Dr. Joshua Epstein, the Brookings Institution Center on Social and Economic Dynamics
Wednesday, November 9, 2005

"UN engagement with the Israeli and Palestinian civil societies: participatory strategies and the Co-Partial approach"
Gilad Ben-Nun, Middle East Program Officer for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), in association with WSP - International
Wednesday, December 7, 2005

"Conflict Management in the Development Field"
Salamah Magnuson, Localizing Institutional Capacity in Southern Sudan (LINCSS) program of Mercy Corps, SAIS '03
Wednesday, February 1, 2006

"The Role of Parliament in Conflict Mitigation and Management: Parliamentary Strengthening in the Middle East"
Joy Kolin, SAIS' 03, Program Specialist - International Programs, National Conference of State Legislatures
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006

"The Impact of Conflict Thinking on Development Practice"
Elizabeth Martin, presidential management fellow with the United States Agency for International Development
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 

"Haiti's Ongoing Challenges"
Raymond Joseph, Haitian Ambassador to the United States
Thursday, April 6, 2006

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CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION FORUM
(cosponsored by SAIS Conflict Management Program in association with Search for Common Ground, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Partners for Democratic Change, Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution).

September      Madrasas and “the Global War on Terror,” with Douglas Johnston, President, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD), Azhar Hussain, Director of Education and International Development, ICRD, Ahmed Younis, National Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council

October           “Sudan: Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect,” with David Phillips, Executive Director, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, Jason Small, Deputy Director, Policy, Office of Sudan Programs Group, Bureau of African Affairs, US Department of State

November       “Democratically Elected Leaders Not Perpetuating Democracy,” with Thomas O. Melia Deputy Executive Director, Freedom House, Patrick Merloe Senior Associate and Director of Programs on Election Processes, National Democratic Institute, Andrei A. Piontkovsky, Executive Director of the Strategic Studies Center in Moscow, Visiting Scholar, Hudson Institute, Richard E. Rubenstein, Professor, Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University

December       “Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Crisis Zones,” with Barbara Addy, Senior Advisor, Global Development Alliance, USAID, Bennett Freeman, Senior Vice President for Social Research and Policy, Calvert Group, Heather P. Kulp, Consultant, Deirdre LaPin, International Consultant, and Tam Nguyen, Advisor on Corporate Responsibility and Global Issues, Chevron.

2007

February         “Reconciliation in the Sunni-Shi’a communities: Healing the wounds of yesterday and today in Iraq, the Gulf and the Fertile Crescent,” with Jamal Barzinji, Vice President, Research and Publication, International Institute of Islamic Thought, Muhammed H. Faghfoory, Professor, Islamic Studies, George Washington University, Rend Rahim Francke, Senior Fellow, USIP, Manal Radwan, Independent Analyst, Washington DC

March             “Tools for Preventing and Transforming Conflict: Media Projects and Communication Strategies,” with Deborah Jones, Director of Acquisitions and Development for Common Ground Productions, Search for Common Ground, and Adam Kaplan, Media Advisor, Office of Transition Initiatives, USAID

April                “Reintegrating and Rehabilitating Child Soldiers: Working to Save the Children of War,” with Betty Bigombe, Senior Fellow, United States Institute of Peace, Michael Wessells, Senior Advisor, Christian Children's Fund and Professor, Columbia University and Randolph-Macon University, and Patrick White, International Relations Officer, United States Department of Labor

May                “Preventing Mass Atrocities: Building a Long-Term Global Constituency,” with Andrea Bartoli, Founding Director, Center for International Conflict Resolution (CICR), Professor, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University, Anita Sharma, Executive Director, ENOUGH, Center for American Progress and the International Crisis Group, and Mark Hanis, Founder and Executive Director, Genocide Intervention Network  

June                “The Global Peace Index: Its Value and Implications, and the Next Steps,” with Charles F. (Chic) Dambach, President and CEO, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Harriet Mayor Fulbright, President, J. William and Harriet Fulbright Center, Michael S. Lund, Specialist for Conflict and Peacebuilding, Management Systems International Inc., Ambassador John McDonald, Chairman and CEO, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, and Ola Storberg, First Secretary (Political), Norwegian Embassy

July                 “Peacebuilding in a Post-Conflict Situation: The Case of Nepal,” with Hom Raj Acharya, Education Policy Analyst, Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington DC, Rajendra Mulmi, Program Manager for Community Peacebuilding, Search for Common Ground, Nepal, and Colette Rausch, Deputy Director, Rule of Law Program, United States Institute of Peace    

For further details about the CPRF, please go to Search for Common Ground's web site.