The best alternative to a negotiated agreement (“BATNA”) concept in negotiation has proven to be immensely useful. In tandem with its value in practice, BATNA has become a wildly successful acronym (with more than14 million Google results). But the initial characterization of this concept in...

President Richard M. Nixon was elected in 1968 with the widespread expectation that he would bring about an end to the costly and unpopular war in Vietnam. The task largely fell to National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger. When the negotiations began, North Vietnam appeared to have a winning...

Overview: 3-D negotiation in a nutshell -- Negotiate in 3-D -- Do a 3-D audit of barriers to agreement -- Craft a 3-D strategy to overcome the barriers -- Set up the right negotiation, "away from the table" -- Get all the parties right -- Get all the interests right -- Get the no-deal options...

A long analytic tradition explores the challenge of productively synchronizing "internal" with "external" negotiations, especially focusing on how each side can best manage internal opposition to agreements negotiated "at the table." Implicit in much of this work is the view that each side's...