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Thinking About Thinking: Introducing Diplomacy in Genocide Recognition, Reparations, and Reconciliation in a World of Realist International Politics

March 25, 2013 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm +04

Arthur G. Martirosyan, the founder and director of the Centers for Excellence in Negotiation, will speak at the American University of Armenia (AUA) on Monday, March 25, about the use of advocacy and diplomacy in the drive for Armenian Genocide recognition.

The lecture, titled “Introducing Diplomacy: Genocide Recognition, Reparations, Reconciliation in a World of the Realist International Politics,” is part of the ongoing Thinking About Thinking lecture series organized by AUA and the Luys Foundation. It will begin at 6:30pm and be held in Manoogian Hall, located in AUA’s Paramaz Avedisian Building.

Martirosyan will present a historical context of the issue, underscoring how national efforts to achieve Genocide recognition and reparations have largely focused on advocacy by interest groups. Meanwhile, lobbying campaigns have largely targeted legislatures and executives in key countries, pushing for agendas which do not necessarily consider and meet the underlying interests of the other side. While this has had an effect to some extent, it seems to have reached an impasse.

As the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide approaches, it is imperative to rethink the strategy and shift the focus from advocacy to diplomacy. Martirosyan will make the case for why agendas stressing “justice” and “rights” should be redefined in terms of real-politick dynamics, identifying the points where national interests coincide with those of key actors and assessing how these can be capitalized upon.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

Arthur G. Martirosyan is a Senior Consultant with CMPartners. In 1994 he joined Conflict Management Group (CMG) and worked with Professor Roger Fisher on several projects in the former Soviet Union. From 2001 through 2008 he was the Director of the Momentum Program: Leadership and Negotiation Culture Change in the Former Soviet Union (FSU). In his fifteen year career as a conflict management specialist, Mr. Martirosyan has been involved in the design and implementation of a series of successful strategic assistance projects in the complex ethno-political conflicts of Chechnya (Russian Federation), South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Georgia). In 1995-1999 as a Co-Director of the Network of Early Warning and Ethnological Monitoring of Conflict in the FSU, he authored analytical articles on the status of conflicts and negotiation processes in the Caucasus.

Mr. Martirosyan also designed innovative approaches to studying the impact of stereotyping on negotiations and the role of media in transforming cognitive and attitudinal aspects of public opinion on conflicts. From 2003 to 2008 Mr. Martirosyan managed the Israeli Palestinian Negotiation Partners program that engaged senior technical advisors to the top decision-makers of the sides in a joint negotiation skills development process.

Mr. Martirosyan is Founder and Director of the Centers for Excellence in Negotiation program, launched in 2011 with branches in Kiev, Moscow, and Yerevan.  CEN strives to promote participatory policy-making, improve results of deliberative processes, and enhance the culture of social dialogue through negotiation training, research and analysis, and interventions.  The Center for Excellence in Negotiation – Yerevan is based at the American University of Armenia Legal Resource Center.

Details

Date:
March 25, 2013
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm +04
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Venue

Alex and Marie Manoogian Hall, PAB
40 Marshal Baghramyan Ave
Yerevan, Armenia
Phone
+374 60 69-40-40