The Mediator's Studio

Jonathan Powell on angel papers and influencing the great Satan

Joanne Liu on no time to cry

Molly Phee on conflict negotiations the American way

Retno Marsudi on the art of inter-state mediation

Nicholas Haysom on mediators as managers

Sneak Peek: The Mediator’s Studio – Season 6

Alvaro de Soto on opportunities seized in El Salvador and missed in the Middle East

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on women fighting for peace

Abbas Ibrahim on secrecy and sincerity

Nisreen Elsaim on not waiting for the world to burn

Karim A. A. Khan KC on the slender sapling of international justice

Monica Juma on values in diplomacy

Mutlaq Al-Qahtani on Qatar’s approach to mediation

The Mediator’s Studio – Episode 0, Season 5

Ghaith Abdul Ahad on reporting from the front lines

Annette Weber on the importance of working with insiders

Joaquim Chissano on mediation and meditation in Mozambique

Khawla Mattar on a lifeline for Syria’s besieged towns

Martin Kimani on Kenya’s “African agenda” in the Security Council

Fatima Gailani on Afghanistan’s missed opportunities

Rustem Umerov on negotiating for Ukraine in the midst of war

Sneak Peek: The Mediator’s Studio – Season 4

Teresa Whitfield on optimism in the midst of adversity

Mohamed Ibn Chambas on a mediator’s “baptisms of fire”

Muna Luqman on fighting for peace in Yemen

Haile Menkerios on engaging with the powerful

Lakhdar Brahimi on hopes and failures in Afghanistan

Sneak peek: The Mediator’s Studio – Season 3

Miriam Coronel-Ferrer on bridging the gap “between heaven and earth” to find peace in the southern Philippines

Jeffrey Feltman on the risk of accidental war

Victoria Sandino and Sergio Jaramillo Caro: former enemies talk peace

Stephanie Williams on inviting the public to Libya’s ‘National Barbecue Session’

Ibrahim Saleh Hassan on forgiveness and community dialogue in Nigeria

Catherine Ashton on safe spaces for difficult conversations

Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt on tears and elation in Sudan’s political transition

Martin Griffiths on breaking new ground in mediation

Hanna Tetteh on revitalising peace in South Sudan

Meredith Preston McGhie on how to become a mediator

Said Djinnit on Africa’s forgotten conflicts

Betty Bigombe on making peace with the Lord’s Resistance Army

Dag Nylander on salmon diplomacy

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini on Gucci gangsters and Yemeni mums

Ghassan Salamé on the failures of the international community to stop wars

Lyse Doucet on the great mediators of our time

Introducing: The Mediator’s Studio