Nationalism

October 11, 2006
Speaker: Robert H. Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Presented by: Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict and Dispute Resolution (CISCDR)

Summary: The CISCDR Distinguished Scholar-in Residence Lecture

Professor Mnookin will reflect upon his recent involvement as mediator in both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflict in Belgium between the French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemish.

A leading scholar in the field of conflict resolution, Professor Mnookin has applied his interdisciplinary approach to negotiation and conflict resolution to a remarkable range of problems in the public and private sectors. He has taught numerous workshops for corporations, governmental agencies and law firms throughout the world and trained many executives and professionals in negotiation and mediation skills, in addition to serving as a consultant to governments, international agencies, major corporations and law firms. He has resolved numerous complex commercial disputes as a neutral arbitrator or mediator. At Harvard Law School, he also serves as the chair of the Steering Committee of the Program on Negotiation, and as the director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project.

Duration : 1:13:32

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April 8, 2005
Speakers: David Little, T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict and Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs, Harvard Divinity School
Ramez Islambouli, Adjunct Professor, Case School of Law and Director, Islamic Campus Ministry, Case Western Reserve University
Moderator: Calvin William Sharpe, John Deaver Drinko Baker & Hostetler Professor, Case School of Law

Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

Duration : 1:21:11

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April 8, 2005
Speakers: Sean Hagan, General Counsel & Director, Legal Department, International Monetary Fund
Linn Hammergren, Senior Public Sector Management Specialist, Latin America Regional Department, World Bank
Moderator: Michael Scharf, Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Professor of Law, Case School of Law
Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

Duration : 0:46:24

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April 8, 2005
Speaker: Gerald Korngold, Dean and McCurdy Professor of Law, Case School of Law
Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

Duration : 0:4:47

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April 8, 2005
Peter H. Schuck, Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Chibli Mallat; Professor, EU Jean Monnet Chair in European Law & Director, Centre for the Study of the European Union, Université Saint-Joseph; Avocat à la Cour, Principal, Mallat Law Offices, Beirut, Lebanon
Moderator: Jacqueline Lipton, Associate Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Cox Center
Presented by: Frederick K. Cox International Law Center
Co-sponsored by CISCDR (Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Conflict & Dispute Resolution)

Summary: From the experience of post-colonial states in Asia and Africa to more recent experience in Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the conceptual clarity and goals of nation building have been difficult to achieve. Beyond the international recognition of what Benedict Anderson called an imagined community, what are the desirable features of the nation under construction, and what, if any, is the appropriate role of the international community in designing, financing, and building them? How should the government be chosen, and powers separated between branches, allocated between the center and the regions, or shared by competing ethnic or religious groups? What are the necessary tools of conflict resolution? How critical is the role of women? Is religion a divisive or unifying force? What is the role of the United States, the United Nations, or the international financial institutions? With a view to comparative experience, a candid look at Iraq, and perspectives on the future, this unique day-long symposium will bring several world-leading experts together to address these fundamental questions.

Duration : 1:16:13

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