After much stalling and intense pressure from the United States, syrias main rebel group has agreed to attend next weeks peace conference in switzerland. 75 coalition managers voted inestanbul. The majority favored attending the talks. It will be the first face to face meeting between the assad regime and the Coalition Since the civil war began in 2011. The talks are scheduled to begin on wednesday. Nina mcnaught has the latest reporter it was supposed to be conducted by a show of hands. In the end, they opted for secret battles, so devisive, so con tentious has this become. When the votes were counted, we have an overwhelming vote yes in support of the coalition d delegation to participate in discussions with the assad. Regime 58 saying yes, 14 saying no. One white paper and two refusal, but this wasnt an easy process. There was a withdrawal block of 44 members who refused to participate in discussions in the leadup to the vote because they simply felt the preconditions have not been
not support the president again, the president responded calling senator corker liddle bob corker and said the senator could not get elected dog catcher in tennessee. seems like a good basis to hammer out a tax deal. joining me is daniel, director and founder of the harvard international program. thanks so much for being with us. i want to start with the back and forth today. where in your syllabus do you cover the utility of insults, calling people liddle bob corker, how does that help in a negotiation? how does it help? well, typically, an insult leads to another insult. it invites an escalation, a conflict of tension. at the end of the day it really depends what is your purpose in a negotiation. if it s to enlist somebody else s support, then insult probably isn t the best strategy forward. in other words, probably not covered specifically in the forward of your syllabus or book in how to make friends and