What does it take to get a room full of countries to agree on a single sentence?
In the season finale of the Egyptian chapter of Negotiating the World, Ambassador Amr Moussa takes us inside the high-stakes world of international negotiation, where a single word, a well-timed intervention, or the right mediator can determine whether an agreement succeeds or collapses.
Drawing on more than five decades at the center of Arab and international diplomacy, Ambassador Moussa sits with Host Ambassador Herro Mustafa Garg to reveal what it takes to negotiate when multiple parties, competing interests, and enormous political pressures collide.
From the painstaking precision of UN negotiations to the Camp David Accords and the Madrid Peace Conference, he explores how agreements are built, deadlocks are broken, and consensus is forged – often layer by layer.
Ambassador Moussa explores how statecraft is changing in a fragmented, multipolar world and why Track Two diplomacy, civil society, and informal networks are becoming increasingly important in determining who gets heard, who holds leverage, and what ultimately gets agreed.
From UN negotiating rooms to constitutional drafting tables, the same fundamental challenge persists: How do you get people who disagree to agree on what comes next?
About the Guest
Ambassador Amr Moussa is one of the Arab world’s most distinguished diplomats and statesmen. He served as Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Ambassador to India. Over more than five decades in public life, Ambassador Moussa has played a central role in Arab-Israeli peace negotiations, regional diplomacy, international security, and some of the Middle East’s most consequential geopolitical transitions. He remains a leading voice on diplomacy, mediation, negotiation, and the changing architecture of global power.
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