Posts About Negotiation
Give and Take Can Strengthen Moderates
Governments that are willing to negotiate may make more progress by getting a foot in the door than by shutting terrorist groups out.
Cut Out the Hypocrisy on Terrorism
My advice to governments is to cut out the hypocrisy. To quote an immortal line from, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" ... "If you come to kill, kill - don't talk."
Negotiation By Any Means
The results of negotiating—saving hostages’ lives, for one—are more important than the fact that there was some contradiction between statement and action.
Negotiation Isn't Enough
The bigger problem with the statement, "we don't negotiate with terrorists," is that one group’s terrorists may be another group’s freedom fighters.
