March 3, 2011

Conflict diplomacy [WP1090]

• Conflict prevention, resolution and state building

In an era of new global challenges, how has this century’s international affairs and diplomacy differed from the last? We discuss how information technologies are putting power into the hands of unaccountable individuals and transforming practises.

Contributors are:

Richard Soloman, President, United States Institute of Peace, Washington DC

Lakhdar Brahimi, Former UN envoy and advisor and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria; Member, The Elders, Paris