January 3, 2023 • Updated January 31, 2023
Adeline du Crest
In early December 2022, CNS sponsored CNS graduate research assistant and MANPTS ’23 candidate Adeline du Crest to attend the Red Horizon negotiation exercise.
Developed by the Negotiation Task Force, Red Horizon is hosted at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University.
Over the course of the three-day workshop, Adeline had the opportunity to participate in an immersive crisis negotiation experience with 70 other participants, which was complemented by lectures on diplomacy, military force, and international relations. As a member of the military team, she practiced communicating and advocating for different strategies, handling incomplete and contradictory information, and rapid decision-making in the face of evolving nuclear threats.
The event successfully concluded with a comprehensive scenario debrief which allowed participants to gain insight into the exercise as whole.