Nizar Farsakh
Lecturer
Part-time Faculty
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Nizar is a trainer on negotiations, advocacy, and leadership with extensive experience across the Middle East and North Africa. He advised the last two Palestinian ambassadors to Washington D.C. (2011-2017) and before that advised senior Palestinian leaders including the President, the Prime Minister and various ministries as member of the Palestinian negotiating team (2003-2008). Nizar consults on Palestinian affairs, is active in Palestinian and Arab American circles, and is frequently invited by think tanks, faith groups, and the media to comment on Middle East affairs.
Negotiations, Leadership, Advocacy, Narrative, International Boundaries and Boundary Disputes, Maritime Boundaries, Palestinian Affairs, Arab American Affairs, Middle East culture and politics.
Citizens' Assemblies, leveraging AI for learning, and advocacy for Palestinian rights.
Harvard Kennedy School of Government (MPA), Kings College London (MA), American University of Beirut (BA)
IAFF 6502 Negotiation Skills
Al-Hadath: A ceasefire is not enough: What does the stalled US-Iranian negotiations reveal?
Discuss why the U.S.-Iran negotiating track is beginning from a fragile position, and why a ceasefire does not mean the two sides are moving toward a settlement
Al-Hadath: Surprise US-Iranian Truce
Discuss the surprising U.S.-Iranian truce, the discrepancies between the Persian and English versions of the text, and what these differences might reveal...
Discuss the ceasefire in the Iran war, why Trump appeared to need the truce more than he wanted it, how Washington and Tel Aviv misjudged Iran’s staying power..
Shams News: All parties accept ceasefire
Discuss the announced ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and what it may actually mean beyond the headline. Joined by Dr. Mossadeg Bour, and Dr. Kazem Yawar
Al-Arabiya: Hormuz, Kharg, and the balance of power: Where is the war with Iran heading?
Spoke about the expanding war with Iran, the limits of U.S. coercive pressure, and why a strike may instead prolong the war and strengthen Iran’s position.
Al-Hadath: Trump threatens Iran... Will he open the Strait of Hormuz or strike its infrastructure?
Discussing President Trump’s threat to strike Iranian infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened.
Al-Hadath: After the return of the American pilot... who won the round politically and morally?
Discussing the implications of recovering the previously missing American pilot, and what this development means militarily, politically, and in media terms.
Kuwait TV Arabic: Will a war with Iran redraw the map of US and Chinese influence in the region?
Took a look at the war on Iran and its implications on US vs Chinese competition in the region.
Kuwait TV English KTV2: Can Trump Force Iran to Negotiate Through Threats?
Discussed how the Trump administration is using threats and escalation to try to force concessions from Iran, and why that approach may become less effective.
Al-Arabiya: Javad Zarif's initiative to end the war: A genuine settlement or a recycling of war?
Spoke about Jawad Zarif’s proposal to end the war and why I do not see it as a serious diplomatic breakthrough.
