Inside High-Stakes Negotiations: A Conversation with Hostage Negotiator Mickey Bergman on Freeing Captured Americans Abroad

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Hostage negotiator, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, CEO, and author Mickey Bergman joins the Stimson Center to discuss his recently released book on high-profile rescues of American citizens around the world.

Bergman is responsible for the negotiations that brought many high-profile prisoners home, including Brittney Griner, Danny Fenster, Otto Warmbier, and Trevor Reed. In the Shadows details his never-before-told stories inside the secret negotiations to free Americans from some of the world’s most repressive countries, including North Korea, Russia, and more.

Find his new book online.

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Featured Speaker

Mickey Bergman, Hostage Negotiator, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, CEO, and Author

Moderator

Brian Finlay, President & CEO, The Stimson Center