Day Eleven. Thursday, 1 September 2016 Each partner gets what he wants out of the deal, which is the essence of successful negotiation The Global Negotiator One good...

The Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) splinter group armed engagement which has been brewing even before the start of the Union Peace Conference (UPC)...

Day Ten. Wednesday, 31 August 2016  Focus on interests, not positions The Global Negotiator The opening ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10:00. But at 08:00 we are...

Day Five. Friday, 26 August 2016 I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women French to men And German to my horse. The Global Negotiator Today, Sai Kham Nood, Secretary of...

Day Four. Thursday, 25 August 2016  Send a written proposal in advance of a meeting to allow your counterpart time to review and comprehend the...

After the positively hailed opening of the Union Peace Conference (UPC), also dubbed  21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC), from 31 August to 3 September,...

Day Three. Wednesday, 24 August 2016 Get to know your opposite numbers at all levels socially. Friends take longer to fall out. The Global Negotiator Today marks my...

Day Two. Tuesday, 23 August 2016 Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when...

One controversial and visible challenge coming out of the recently finished 21st Century Panglong Conference (21CPC) is the demand for the status of new...

The gods presented (Pandora) with a box into which each had put something harmful, and forbade her even to open it. (But) Pandora, like...