Negotiation

Seeking the Extradition of Mohammed Rashid

Publication Date: January 01, 1990

This is the culminating case in a series of six which explore the relationship among terrorism, politics, and Western legal systems. In this, the focus is on the domestic political consequences in Greece which result from a US request that the...

INF: The Second Zero

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The 1987 intermediate nuclear forces treaty can be called the first true disarmament treaty of the nuclear age for having eliminated both short- and intermediate-range nuclear weapons from western Europe. This case examines the potential risks...

Framing a Response to Foreign-Inspired Terrorism: The Chirac Government's 1986 Reforms

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

When a wave of terrorist bombings strikes at the heart of Paris, the newly installed government of Prime Minister Jacques Chirac must balance hard-line campaign promises forswearing negotiations with terrorists groups against a growing need to...

The International Diamond Cartel: The Cartel and the Soviet Union (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

How do bargaining and negotiation work among the partners of an international trade cartel? The international diamond cartel, established in 1888 and controlled by the South Africa-based DeBeers Corporation, faced a series of crises beginning in...

The International Diamond Cartel: Facing the Threats (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

How do bargaining and negotiation work among the partners of an international trade cartel? The international diamond cartel, established in 1888 and controlled by the South Africa-based DeBeers Corporation, faced a series of crises beginning in...

The International Diamond Cartel (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

How do bargaining and negotiation work among the partners of an international trade cartel? The international diamond cartel, established in 1888 and controlled by the South Africa-based DeBeers Corporation, faced a series of crises beginning in...

US-Canada Free Trade Negotiations (II): The Canadian Dilemma

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

In August 1987, Canadian negotiators concluded another round in their 15 months of talks with the US aimed at reaching free trade agreement between the two nations. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and President Ronald Reagan had launched the trade...

Terrorism in the Cour d'Assises: The US v. France v. Georges Ibrahim Abdallah

Publication Date: January 01, 1989

The trial in France of Lebanese national Georges Abdallah, accused in the murder of an American diplomat, forces the US Justice Department to consider strategies aimed at ensuring conviction and a prison term while having to work through the...

Contracting to Replace the Challenger: Risks, Responsibilities, and Incentives

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case details the contractual negotiations surrounding a replacement for NASA's Challenger, which had exploded in 1986, killing all seven crew members. Despite government-wide budget cuts, as per the 1985 and 1987 Balanced Budget Act, NASA...

The Indian Ocean Negotiations

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In June 1977, US and Soviet negotiators met in Moscow for the first round of talks on arms control in the Indian Ocean. Over the preceding decade, the growing political importance of that area had led both nations to establish a limited naval...

The Reykjavik Summit: Watershed or Washout?

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

On October 11 and 12, 1986, at Reykjavik, Iceland, Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan met for the second time. The issues they intended to address--nuclear arms reductions, the future relationship of...

Rhodesia Becomes Zimbabwe (B): The Lancaster House Conference

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This is Part B of a two-case sequence. HKS Case 816.0 is Part A: In September of 1977, the US and Britain announced a joint proposal for bringing majority rule and independence to Rhodesia, whose white minority government had for years been...