Oslo: Can We Bring Peace Between Enemies?

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🗓️ 19 October 2017

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On October 17th Intelligence Squared staged a pre-theatre discussion, ‘Can We Bring Peace Between Enemies?’ before a performance of the award-winning play Oslo. The play is a political thriller which tells the true story of two maverick Norwegian diplomats who coordinated top secret talks culminating in the groundbreaking Oslo Peace Accords. The discussion took place at the Harold Pinter theatre, and brought together James Rubin, former Assistant Secretary of State for the US State Department, William Sieghart, founder of an NGO which works with leaders from all parties on both sides of the divide in the Israel/Palestine conflict, and award-winning CNN correspondent Clarissa Ward. Chaired by Jonathan Freedland, they discussed their experience of against-the-odds peace negotiations and what lessons can be learned from the past that apply to the political climate today. To find out more about the play and book tickets, please visit www.OsloThePlay.com. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.2	This week's episode of the Intelligence Squared Podcast was recorded before a performance of the
1:01.5	award-winning play Oslo, the true story of two
1:04.4	maverick Norwegian diplomats who coordinated top-secret talks culminating in the
1:08.9	Oslo Peace Accords. In this pre-theatre, our panel share their experiences of against the odds peace negotiations and discuss what lessons can be learnt from the past that apply to the political climate today.
1:21.0	Oslo is playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre until the 30th of December 2017, following a critically acclaimed
1:27.6	sold-out run at the National Theatre and a Tony Award winning run on Broadway. For more information and tickets you can visit
1:34.3	Oslo the play.com. And now here's this week's episode. We hope you enjoy listening. Thank you all very much indeed.
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