logo
episode-header-image
Feb 2024
43m 22s

Alvaro de Soto on opportunities seized i...

AN OSLO FORUM PODCAST
About this episode

As a Peruvian diplomat with a 25-year career at the United Nations, Alvaro de Soto has dedicated fifty years of his life to diplomacy and conflict resolution across the globe. From negotiations with Hamas and the Quartet on the Middle East to shuttling between the FMLN and the El Salvador government, Alvaro de Soto shares a tour de force account that offers crucial insights into the craft of mediation. His first-hand narrative reveals lessons learned from his experiences and mentors, highlighting the significance of temperament over technique and effective ways to publicly spotlight agreements for ensuring accountability in their implementation.

We value your opinion! Please take a moment to share your feedback by participating in our 1 minute listener survey.

https://0lotay3liy7.typeform.com/to/BszSNdLf

Find out more about the Oslo Forum’s journey over the past two decades.

https://hdcentre.org/insights/the-oslo-forum-at-20-a-visual-journey-of-mediation-and-peacemaking/

Up next
Oct 2024
Jonathan Powell on angel papers and influencing the great Satan
British negotiator turned mediator Jonathan Powell reveals the ebb and flow of the world’s major peace processes. He takes us through secret negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland and the following decade of talks on its implementation. He drew on ... Show More
1h 9m
Sep 2024
Joanne Liu on no time to cry
Former International President of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and current Chair of HD’s Board, Joanne Liu provides her humanitarian insights to better inform the practice of mediation. Inspired by an MSF doctor's book she read as a teenager, she has worked as a humanitarian pa ... Show More
31m 31s
Sep 2024
Molly Phee on conflict negotiations the American way
Senior US diplomat Molly Phee reflects on her mediation and negotiation experience in the last three decades. She recalls leveraging her influence to drive parties to a peace agreement in South Sudan and takes us behind the scenes of intense negotiations with the Taliban in Afgha ... Show More
34m 40s
Recommended Episodes
May 2021
Washington’s will to find a Middle East solution
A ceasefire is in place and an 11-day war is over, but that may not move Israelis and Palestinians closer to a two-state solution according to Martin Indyk, of the Council on Foreign Relations. Indyk has experience at the negotiation table as a former US ambassador to Israel and ... Show More
22m 19s
May 2021
May 23, 2021 | On GPS: Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Israel, Gaza, the Iran deal, and his meeting this week with Russia’s FM Lavrov; plus, a panel discussion on the complicated future of Israe
Airdate May 16, 2021: Fareed speaks to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about the American diplomatic plan for Israel and Gaza, the future of the Iran Nuclear deal, and what he said when he met this week with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Lavrov. Then, a panel ... Show More
40m 5s
May 2024
The Rise and Fall of a Hostage Deal - with Nadav Eyal
What exactly unfolded in Israel over the past 72 hours? Details are still emerging, but at one point it appeared that all sides may have been close to reaching a hostage/temporary ceasefire deal. Except that we now know that Israel had made major concessions in one deal, while Ha ... Show More
48m 58s
Apr 2024
Who Still Believes in a Two-State Solution?
Martin Indyk has probably spent more time and energy than anyone else—certainly more than any other American—trying to find a path to peace among Israel, its neighbors, and the Palestinians. He’s worked on these issues for decades. Indyk served as President Barack Obama’s special ... Show More
35m 7s
Oct 2020
American entanglement in the Middle East
Philip Gordon, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is a long-time Washington insider who worked on Middle East policy for the Obama administration and is now an informal adviser to the Biden campaign. In this episode, Gideon Rachman talks to him about the US pres ... Show More
24m 51s
Dec 2023
Downstream: This Damage Cannot Be Reversed w/ Daniel Levy
Daniel Levy has had a front row seat at some of the most consequential peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine in the last two decades, as president of the U.S./Middle East Peace Project and as an adviser to former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak. He sat down with Ash S ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2024
Jerusalem - Rafah - Washington - with Nadav Eyal
Are we witnessing a dramatic change in the Biden administration’s approach to Israel’s defensive war against Hamas? Are these changes just rhetorical to mollify either US domestic political constituencies or Middle East regional actors (or both)? Or do they represent meaningful p ... Show More
1h 3m
Aug 2021
Iran under Raisi
How will Iran’s new president tackle growing disillusionment at home, a potentially hostile regime on its eastern border and negotiations to revive the nuclear deal? Andrew England, the FT’s Middle East editor, discusses what we can expect from Ebrahim Raisi with Sanam Vakil, dep ... Show More
30m 10s
Oct 2023
Quelle place diplomatique et militaire pour Washington dans la guerre du Hamas contre Israël?
Après l'attaque surprise du Hamas en Israël ce 7 octobre 2023, le président Biden est intervenu plusieurs fois d'un ton ferme devant ses compatriotes. Il a confirmé qu'au moins quatorze Américains avaient été tués dans les attaques et que plusieurs autres manquaient à l'appel. Le ... Show More
13m 13s
Apr 2021
Ep.254 (Video): Falling into Place with Amb. Frederic C. Hof
0:00 Intro 2:12 1999-2000 8:37 Post-War Sovereignty 18:03 Certainty 27:19 The Wider Story 40:10 Memories of My Father We're with Amb. Frederic C. Hof for Episode 254 of The Beirut Banyan. Click to watch: https://youtu.be/Yt93xZ3KML0 We discuss his recent Newlines Magazine piece: ... Show More
48m 23s