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eXperimental Negotiation Initiative

Partners with decision makers to make peace possible in complex, high stakes international conflict situations through negotiation.

Launched in collaboration with William Ury, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation and one of the world’s leading experts on negotiation and mediation, the eXperimental Negotiation Initiative (xNI) explores the obstacles to negotiated agreement and how to overcome them. xNI currently works in some of the world’s most urgent and intractable conflicts with a focus on Korea and Venezuela. We work to interrupt violence, create off ramps to war and generate new positive-sum possibilities for peace.

To learn more, visit xniforpeace.org

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Founding the eXperimental Negotiation Initiative: An OEF Incubation Story
In 2017, as the conflict between the US and North Korea was escalating, the founder of OEF, Marcel Arsenault, partnered with Harvard’s co-founder of the Program for Negotiation, William Ury, to see if there was any way to interrupt the path to the growing potential of a nuclear exchange.
October 18, 2022
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OEF Programs

PASO Colombia

Facilitates sustainable peace by coordinating collaboration among rural peasant communities, ex-combatants, government, and business.

Shuraako

Fosters lasting peace and stability in Somalia by catalyzing small business investment for job creation and economic development.

Secure Fisheries

Promotes peace, economic stability and resilience in Somali coastal communities through effective co-management of fisheries.

Our Secure Future

Strengthens the Women, Peace and Security movement to enable more effective and inclusive policy making for a more peaceful world.

Open Nuclear Network

Uses open source data analysis and strategic engagement to reduce the risk that nuclear weapons are used in response to error, uncertainty or misdirection.

eXperimental Negotiation Initiative

Partners with decision makers to make peace possible in complex, high stakes international conflict situations through negotiation.

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