Negotiation Task Force

Scholar-Entrepreneur Initiative

The NTF, incubated at the Davis Center, promotes innovative solutions to global security challenges by creating spaces for cross-cultural negotiation research, training, and strategic analysis. More information below.

Negotiation Task Force

The Negotiation Task Force (NTF) was incubated in 2019 through the Davis Center's Scholar-Entrepreneur Initiative. In 2023, the NTF transitioned out of the center to become an independent organization. For more information about the NTF, please visit: www.negotiationtaskforce.org.

The NTF's immersive Red Horizon negotiation and decision-making exercise remains available as an executive education program on the Harvard University campus.

Some of the NTF's research from its time at the Davis Center can be read here.

NTF Activities

Höfði House in Reykjavik, Iceland

Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA)

ACONA is a 12-month high-level professional development program for a competitively selected cohort of rising international security experts and practitioners. 

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