The Negotiators

Exploring the failures of Israeli-Palestinian peace plans, focusing on the 'Roadmap' proposal. Insights from a political adviser reveal challenges faced during mediation. Tony Blair's role in pushing the US to accept the plan in exchange for support in Iraq. Analysis of Ariel Sharon's impact on the two-state solution.

Discover the negotiations and implications of the recent agreement between California, Arizona, and Nevada to cut back on water usage to protect the Colorado River. Learn about the background of the negotiations, including the involvement of Native American tribes. Explore the role of tribal inclusion in water conservation and the benefits and sacrifices made by each state in the recent water agreement. Understand the interconnectedness of the Colorado River Basin and the temporary water agreement in the lower basin states.

Exploring the historic negotiations between the US and Mexico over water rights along the Colorado River. Highlights include the challenges faced, building trust amidst a crisis, and the use of points of tentative agreement. The podcast also delves into negotiation lessons and the bi-national agreement reached on water rights.

Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, mediated a political crisis in Kenya in 2008. He, along with Graça Machel and Benjamin Mkapa, negotiated an end to violence and a peaceful transition of power. Meredith Preston McGhie, an aide to Annan, shares insights on how he approached the negotiations. The podcast discusses the initial stages of the negotiations, changing the setting, frustration faced by negotiators, suspension of sessions, and the final agreement.

Ellen Stutzman, Assistant Executive Director of the Writers Guild of America West, shares insights on the recent deal with Hollywood studios. Topics include demands made by writers, negotiations structure, actors' strike consequences, involvement of studio heads, challenges with artificial intelligence in negotiations, reaching the deal, and negotiated raise for writers.

The podcast discusses the Watts truce in 1992, a peace agreement between rival gangs in Los Angeles. It explores the impact of the truce, the journey of the key negotiator, and the role of AmeriCan in conflict mediation. The podcast highlights the ceasefire meeting at a Shiite mosque, the details of the multi-peace treaty, and the decline of the Watts truce. It also touches on promoting public safety and the challenges faced by initiatives like the truce.

This bonus episode from the podcast The Closer is a complement to our recent episode about the U.S. Soccer equal pay negotiations. While the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team is among the most decorated teams in the game, until recently, its players were paid only a fraction of what the men took home. On The Negotiators, you heard from Cindy Parlow Cone, the president of the U.S. Soccer Federation, about the role she played in the fight for equal pay. On this episode of The Closer, you’ll hear from sports attorney Jeffrey Kessler, who built a career out of representing some of the most high-profile athletes in labor disputes with professional leagues. He takes us inside the team’s strategy and reveals how they got the deal done.The Closer is a show from our talented friends at Project Brazen. While The Negotiators tends to focus on diplomacy, The Closer spotlights the world of business. Hosted by Aimee Keane, an award-winning financial journalist, The Closer reveals the inside story of the deals that changed the world, as told by the people who know how they all went down. Their next season starts airing in a few weeks, so go ahead and follow them wherever you get your podcasts.

For the first time in U.S. soccer history, the men’s and women’s national teams are getting paid at the same rate. That’s the result of a grueling negotiation that ended last year, led by Cindy Parlow Cone—a former professional player who became the U.S. Soccer Federation President.  On the latest episode of The Negotiators podcast, Cone describes how far apart the two sides were at the start and how they reached an agreement. She spoke with producer Karen Given.The Negotiators is a collaboration between Doha Debates and Foreign Policy.

Jonathan Powell, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's chief negotiator for the Good Friday Talks, discusses the painstaking negotiations and years of additional diplomacy that led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. Topics include achieving power-sharing, building trust, negotiating challenges, implementing the agreement, and the issue of trust and constructive ambiguity in negotiations.

Previewing the Exciting Negotiations of Season 3: Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, US soccer negotiations for gender parity, Kofi Annan's mediation in Kenya, and more. Discover resolutions to dramatic conflicts on The Negotiators podcast.