Can the world cooperate? cooperate culture #25 with Dr. Paul Meerts

 In this episode of the cooperate culture podcast, I spoke to Dr. Paul Meerts. Paul Meerts is a Political Scientist and International Negotiation Analyst. He wrote his PhD on the evolution of Diplomatic Negotiation and holds an honorary doctor title from Mongolian State University, as well as an Order of Merit of Austria and Romania.Paul became the Head of Diplomatic Training at the Netherlands Society of International Affairs in the late 1970s until he was nominated Deputy General Director in 1990. From 2006 to 2018, he was Advisor and Associate at the Dutch Clingendael Institute of International Relations and, until today, he delivers international negotiation seminars worldwide. In 2017, Paul also founded the Program on International Negotiation Training, a network of trainers and coaches in public sector international negotiation processes.With Paul, we talked about why we have so many conflicts around the world, how selfish human nature really is, what we can do to get out of destructive conflict dynamics, and much more. With all his knowledge and wisdom, Paul took me on an interesting tour through the history of international negotiation - so if you are looking for some new historical anecdotes about cooperation and conflict, this episode is for you!If you want to know more about Paul and his work, you can find him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmeerts/) or on the PIN website (https://www.pin-negotiation.org/en/steering-committee/paul-meerts/). This podcast is brought to you by emtsev cooperation. Ready to make work a better place? Visit www.emtsev.com to get started.