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How Negotiators Navigated the Thorny Issue of Water Rights Between Mexico and the U.S.
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How Negotiators Navigated the Thorny Issue of Water Rights Between Mexico and the U.S.
FromThe Negotiators
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
You may have heard about the Colorado River negotiations that ended in May of this year. In a monumentally important agreement, several U.S. states along the Colorado River agreed to cut water use. We will cover that deal in next week’s show.
But for today’s episode of The Negotiators, we hear about an earlier round of Colorado River talks between the United States and Mexico. These binational talks from 2007 to 2012 tell us something about resource scarcity and the delicate negotiations required to address the issue.
Bruno Verdini, a professor of negotiations at MIT and Harvard, followed the talks closely and interviewed just about everyone involved for his book Winning Together: The Natural Resource Negotiation Playbook. Host Jenn Williams talks to Verdini about how the agreement not only reduced water consumption, but also benefited each side in multiple ways.
The Negotiators is a collaboration between Doha Debates and Foreign Policy.
But for today’s episode of The Negotiators, we hear about an earlier round of Colorado River talks between the United States and Mexico. These binational talks from 2007 to 2012 tell us something about resource scarcity and the delicate negotiations required to address the issue.
Bruno Verdini, a professor of negotiations at MIT and Harvard, followed the talks closely and interviewed just about everyone involved for his book Winning Together: The Natural Resource Negotiation Playbook. Host Jenn Williams talks to Verdini about how the agreement not only reduced water consumption, but also benefited each side in multiple ways.
The Negotiators is a collaboration between Doha Debates and Foreign Policy.
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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