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Guy Olivier Faure (born in 1943 in France) is currently director at the PIN/Clingendael Institute of Diplomacy, The Hague.

Background
Guy Olivier FAURE is professor and researcher on “International Negotiation”, “Conflict Resolution”, and “Strategic Thinking and Action”, which are subjects he has introduced and taught at the Sorbonne University, Paris. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the three major international journals dealing with negotiation theory and practice: Group Decision and Negotiation (New York), International Negotiation (Washington), and Negotiation Journal (Harvard). He is a member of the Editorial Board of two major scientific book series: International Negotiation (Brill Academic Publisher); Advances in Group Decision and Negotiation (Kluwer Academic Publisher).

He is a member of the steering committee of PIN/Clingendael, The Hague, a program on international negotiation processes that link together 5000 people involved in the domain. He has extensively worked on peace issues, especially in French-German cooperation programs within the framework of the international treaty of friendship and cooperation signed in 1963 between these two countries. He has also contributed to field actions on peace making and reconciliation with NGOs in the Middle East.

His major research interests are in diplomatic negotiations, focusing on strategies and intercultural issues. For over 20 years he has been involved with Chinese business issues at the CEIBS (China- Europe International Business School, Shanghai). He has developed research on multilateral negotiations, problem resolution and problem transformation. He also is concerned with developing interdisciplinary approaches in such domains as terrorism, and engages in consulting and training activities with governments and international organizations. Among them: The United Nations; UNESCO; the European Union; the World Trade Organization (WTO)''.

He is referenced in the Diplomat’s Dictionary published by the United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, 1997. He has authored, co-authored and edited 16 books and over 100 articles. His works have been published in twelve different languages.