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We are all humanitarian negotiators now: 3 steps for planning your ‘please take social distancing seriously’ conversation

  • Written by Rob Grace, Graduate Research Fellow, Harvard Program on Negotiation; USIP-Minerva Peace Scholar, U.S. Institute of Peace; PhD candidate in political science, Brown University
We are all humanitarian negotiators now: 3 steps for planning your ‘please take social distancing seriously’ conversationYou need to plan for that serious conversation.Getty/ Jose Luis Pelaez Inc

See if this sounds familiar. You have an older relative whom you believe to be at a serious health risk if they catch the coronavirus. You call, try to persuade them to take social distancing seriously.

But your arguments fail to resonate. You both get angry and hang up,...

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