EPISODE NOTES 

The world is missing the perspective of peacebuilders at a critical moment, as we live through this time of one war after another. We need skilled negotiators and mediators who know how to listen to both sides of a dispute and find common ground.  

We invited Joshua Weiss to the podcast to help us understand what happened in the negotiations that preceded the Iran war, and how negotiators might bring it to an end.  

Josh Weiss is an internationally recognized conflict resolution expert, educator, and author. He co-founded the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School with William Ury. He also directs the Masters in Leadership and Negotiation program at Bay Path University, and runs a private consulting firm. And he’s a co-founder of the Abraham Path Initiative, a network of walking trails that connect communities and helps support local economies in the Middle East. Weiss’s latest book is Getting Back to the Table: 5 Steps for Reviving Stalled Negotiations.

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