Diplomatic Courier :: Topics of Interest

Topics of Interest

Below are some of the topics that we are discussing at the Courier lately. If you are working on or have expertise in one of the following issues, please email us with your idea.

Current Events: Web Edition

Colombia’s Quest for Peace
China’s Interests in Africa
Latin America’s Propensity for Socialism
Kosovo and Serbia Relationship
Russia’s Relationship with the West
Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
North Korea: Six Party Negotiations
Cyprus’ Last Chance? Unification Peace Process
Palestine: Gaza under Hamas
Zimbabwe’s Election
Sri Lanka's Return to War
EU Accession & Membership
NATO Expansion

Print Edition: Fall Issue

Negotiating With Iran: How do the Iranians negotiate? A look at the techniques and what Western Negotiators should know. Is it worth switching from an approach of isolation to a diplomatic approach when it comes to Iran?

Personal Transformations: Moving from Violence to Peace: Behavioral scientists have devoted considerable attention to religious extremism and the psychological factors that contribute to an individual’s propensity toward violence.

Growing Food Crisis: What does a hike in food prices and oil prices do to the global food production? Who does it affect the most?

Historic Negotiations Cases

The following historic negotiations cases are going to be published in an anthology in Fall of 2009. We are looking for authors that can write essays analyzing the negotiation process and give an in-depth account of what the factors for success or failure were. Email us to inquire which cases are available. Essays should be 1500-2000 words.

Dispute between Korea and Japan over the Dokdo/Takeshima islets, 2004-present
Talks between Pakistan and India about Kashmir, 2000-present
Negotiations among the EU, Austria, and the Czech Republic over the Temelin nuclear reactor, 1998-present
The U.S.-Canada Water Case, within NAFTA, 1998-present
Sharing the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Turkey, Syria, Iraq 1994-present
Spratly Islands Dispute, 1988-present
Negotiating oil rights in the Caspian Sea, 1995-2004
Negotiating the reunification of Cyprus, 2001-2004
Talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), 2000-2004
Negotiations to expand prohibitions against biological weapons, 1995-2003
Amending the Treaty of Montreux (1936), 1995-2003
Ban on meat imports from animals treated with growth inducing hormones, EU negotiations with U.S., 1989-2002
U.S.-Czech Republic dispute over ownership of "Budweiser" 1997-2001
Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) Agreement, 1995-2001
Thailand-Myanmar Sex Trade: United Nations Commission on Human Rights, International Labor Organization, and other Specialized Agencies of the UN, 1992-2001
The Oresund Bridge environmental dispute, 1985-2001
The Banana Dispute, EU and U.S., to 2001
The Mad Cow Dispute: Britain, France, and the EU, 1996-2000
Negotiation with Kenya under the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) concerning the Ivory Trade, 1997-2000
Belfast Agreement in Northern Ireland 1990 -1998
The Dayton Accords for Bosnia, and its implementation, 1994-1996
North Korea: Six Party talks on nuclear issues, 1994-present
The Turbot War of 1995 (Canada and Spain)
The Monarch Butterfly Dispute (Canada and Mexico) 1995
Negotiations to create MERCOSUR, 1986-1994
Negotiating a Law of the Sea, Universal Participation: 1990-1994
Negotiations to End the Angolan Civil War 1990 - 1994
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (CWC) 1990-1993
Dispute between Norway and the International Whaling Commission, 1993
The Israel-P.L.O. Declaration of Principles (Oslo Accords) 1993
UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro, 1992, negotiations on Agenda 21 (focus on the Group of 77)
The Neutral Zone and the boundaries of Kuwait, 1969-1991
The U.S.-Japanese FSX Fighter Agreement, 1989
The Taif Accords, 1985 (ending the civil war in Lebanon) -1989
U.S.-Canadian Negotiations for Acid Rain Controls, 1980-1988
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste, 1987
Negotiations Leading to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, 1985-1987
Negotiations between the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China over the Future of Hong Kong, 1982-September 1984
Mediation Efforts by the U.S. and by the Secretary General of the UN in the Falkland/Malvinas Crisis, 1982
The Mexican Debt Crisis, 1982
The Voluntary Export Restraint (VER) Agreement between Japan, the U.S. and automakers in both countries, 1981
The Iran Hostage Crisis 1979-1981
Grain Embargo Negotiations: the United States, Argentina, and the Soviet Union 1980
Beagle Channel Negotiations (Chile, Argentina, Vatican arbitrator) 1972 -1980
Negotiations within NATO on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces, 1977-79
Establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China 1973-1979
Panama Canal Negotiations to 1977
The Cod War of 1975-76 (Iceland and Britain)
Paris Peace Talks to end war in Vietnam, ending 1973
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Suez Crisis, arranging the withdrawal of British and French forces, 1956
The Geneva Protocol of 1925 (forbidding use of chemical warfare)