IDI Member John, Lord Alderdice offered the following remarks to Parliament on the passing of Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II on September 10, 2022. Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Tributes, continued)Hansard Volume 824: debated on Saturday 10 September 2022Col 469Lord Alderdice (LD) My Lords, it is a truism of politics generally—and, no doubt, … Read More
Remembering the Era of Mikhail Gorbachev Vamık Volkan September 3, 2022 During the Cold War, Americans and Soviets were seeing each other through extremely prejudicial lenses. My first attendance at a meeting with Soviet delegates took place in Chautauqua, New York in June 1985. Two Soviet poets had come to Chautauqua: Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Andrei … Read More
IDI members mourn the loss of international relations scholar Joseph V. Montville. From Lord Alderdice: I was saddened to learn today of the death of Joe Montville, a joint author with IDI founder Vamik Volkan of an important 2-volume work on the theory and practice of international relations. I first met Joe in the … Read More
IDI President Jerry Fromm is pleased to announce the publication of his new book, Traveling through Time: How Trauma Plays Itself out in Families, Organizations and Society (Phoenix Publishing House, February 2022). “Bullets don’t just travel through skin and bone. They travel through time.” So begins this exploration of how trauma plays itself out – travels in one form or … Read More
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and UBUNTU Remembrances and Reflections Vamik Volkan, Dec. 30, 2021 The Atlanta-based Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former United States President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalyn Carter. In 1987 it established the International Negotiation Network (INN). The INN would be a flexible, informal network of eminent people from … Read More