Cynthia and Bruce Allyn have developed seminars on how to apply “Third Side” mediation tools to current tough challenges in US-Russian relations.  With the inspiration and participation of mediation expert William Ury, they approach the conflict from the perspective of what Ury has termed the “Third Side” – a way of looking at the conflict not just from one side or the other but from the larger perspective of the surrounding community whose lives are affected by the conflict— people, whose lives, in the case of the escalating U.S.-Russian nuclear arms race, are in real jeopardy. 

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You can have natural sympathies for one side or the other and still choose to take the "Third Side", which means seeking to understand both sides of the conflict, encouraging a process of cooperative negotiation, and supporting a wise solution – one that fairly meets the essential needs of both sides and the community. More on the “Third Side.”