After years of propping up corrupt and ineffective governments in South Vietnam, the U.S. finally decided to enter into peace talks with the North Vietnamese. The same should happen with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Gloria Duffy | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
The US is entering a season of key international negotiations, during which two arms control treaties that have been languishing for years will hopefully be completed.
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection tha...
Grande Lum | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
As a mediator, I often ask the parties individually and collectively about their relationship goals.
TIME | Andrew Lee Butters | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home
Sunday's suicide terrorism attack that killed at least five commanders of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps could have an impact far beyond the Islami...
Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY and GREG HITT | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
The drug industry stands to gain in a health-care overhaul by getting tens of millions of newly insured customers, while insurance companies -- especi...
Washington Post | Lori Montgomery | Posted 10.19.2009 | Home
Phil Ellis may be the most powerful guy you've never heard of in the health-care debate. A senior analyst with the Congressional Budget Office, Ellis ...
Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics
Three senators are working on the bill behind closed doors. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) sits at the head of a wooden table at hi...
Daniel Altschuler | Posted 10.16.2009 | World
Rumors are swirling. Some say that all that remains is for negotiators to agree on the date of Zelaya's return. Others say that both sides have agreed to renounce the presidency.
New York Times | William J. Broad And David E. Sanger | Posted 10.03.2009 | World
Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired "sufficient information to ...
Grande Lum | Posted 09.07.2009 | Living
When you can distance yourself from your response, you separate the reaction from yourself.
Grande Lum | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living
Unlike a comedian who has to setup a punch line carefully and wait for the right beat, you can come back to an issue that happened hours, weeks and even years ago to work things out.
Grande Lum | Posted 08.13.2009 | Living
In conflict, two people can view identity as a zero sum game. The more right you are; the more wrong I am. You can sense this mentality creeping into stories we tell ourselves and other people.
Grande Lum | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living
Catch the ways you leave out the other person's perspective. Alter your actions by altering the stories you tell yourself and others.
Grande Lum | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living
Feeling forced to choose to be assertive or empathetic is natural. Yet you may actually feel mixed and even desire to both assert and empathize.
Grande Lum | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
Identify your contribution to the conflict. By accepting your part and then taking responsibility, you give yourself the best chance possible for getting out of conflict.
Grande Lum | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living
If you truly want to bridge the gap between you and the person across from you, sitting alongside is still the place to start.
Grande Lum | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living
See yourself doing well. Separate that from what the other person has done or will do. Picture success as it relates to you, your body language, volume, tone and words.
Grande Lum | Posted 07.20.2009 | Living
If the the person your butting heads with is feeling safe, they are less likely to lose it.
Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.17.2009 | World
Mousavi was always more open to dialogue with the West. If president, his discourse could now include the nuclear program with much less fear of attack.
Joe Cirincione | Posted 06.25.2009 | World
Like Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction, North Korea is a little unbalanced but relentless. The first thing to know about their apparently successful nuclear test is this: don't panic.
Michael Roston | Posted 06.24.2009 | World
History is not on North Korea's side, and ensnaring the hermit state in negotiations establishes some possibility of reining in its behaviors.
Grande Lum | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living
When you have discomfort, treat it as a learning opportunity. The less you go into denial and accept discomfort as expected, the easier it will be to relax.
Grande Lum | Posted 05.25.2009 | Living
Remember that another person has a positive intention.
Robert Naiman | Posted 04.26.2009 | World
It matters little in the big scheme of things how many new troops President Obama announces. If there is no real change in policy, new troops won't accomplish anything.
Jim Calio | Posted 11.20.2009 | World