Peace Negotiation and Diplomatic Engagement

OSF Director and OSF Technology Fellow spoke at the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) Women, Leadership, and National Defense Course in November.

The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), in partnership with Our Secure Future (OSF) and the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, released season three of the Seeking Peace podcast.

So says Rob Sokol, the new Managing Director of OEF’s eXperimental Negotiation Initiative (xNI). Learn about Rob’s journey to OEF and the vision he is pursuing with William Ury to awaken our innate capacity to transform conflict into creative negotiation.

Welcome to OEF Andreas! Learn about why he’s excited to guide the ONN team toward its goal of reducing the risk that nuclear weapons are used in response to error, uncertainty or misdirection.

PASO Colombia is supporting an urban agriculture project in marginalized neighborhoods of Cali, Colombia. It capitalizes the solidarity and desire for change present in these communities, to sow new forms of collective action that contribute to peace building.

Carl Stauffer, an expert in reconciliation from the United States Institute of Peace, held a meeting in Cali to discuss restorative justice and its contributions to the sustainability of the peace process with ex-combatants, representatives of public institutions in the department, and members of so...