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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Negotiating online or in person? A few ideas in ny weekly column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am reading this as research for my new book. Niblett is an important voice on this crucial question "After America: The End of the Old Order and the Rise of the Middle Powers" by Niblett, Robin. Start reading it for free: read.amazon.com/kp/kshare?as...

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Early Tuesday morning cognitive enhancer

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

South Africa is finding its way in the developing multipolar world, walking a hard wire in a brutal world, and learning, the hard way, how to keep its balance. My latest book project (publication expected first quarter next year)

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tuesday morning dopamine fix

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ending off our short series on interpersonal conflict in my weekly column in today's Herald newspaper 📰☕️

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Publication day......my fourth book, this one on elite negotiation. A short, intense read for anyone that negotiates at any level in their professional or personal lives. Review copies available 📚📚📚

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Interpersonal conflict...dealing with interrupters...my article in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Don't be highly unprofessional 😉

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Paul Noth, in The New Yorker, solves the trolley problem

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wednesday morning beach reset button ❤️

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Clownonomics By Michael de Adder 👑

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A working weekend at inspirational Hawksmoor House, just outside Stellenbosch

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Trapped in our conflict cycles, and what we can do about it...my column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

From the excellent Michael de Adder

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

From one of the forewords to my new book on elite negotiation

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My next book has a cover and a publication date... We look at the stagnation of elite negotiation, and how to break out of that. The negotiation strategies your competition will have...soon. FULCRUM: new synergies between elite negotiation and conflict management in business and politics ☕️📚

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION We take a look at these difficult conversations in my weekly column in today's Herald newspaper ☕️📰

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

In my weekly column in this Friday's Herald newspaper (column #270 👀) we discuss the gift of forgiveness and reconciliation

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Revisiting this Business Talk article of mine on the benefits of the arts for conflict practice

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

A beach break earlier this week ❤️

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

CREATIVE CONFLICT -regulating the arts in South Africa- Why are actors and other creative artists in South Africa not as regulated by labor laws as most of the rest of us? My article, due for publication early next week, looks at these challenges through a conflict resolution lens

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A recent walk I had with old man Alex, 14 years old next month ❤️

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In my weekly column in today's Herald newspaper we continue our discussion on the benefits of combining conflict and negotiation skills ☕️📰

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

GEOPOLITICAL GOTTERDAMMERUNG The twilight of the old political gods, the rise of the new gods, and South Africa's strategic response to it. My latest article www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...

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GEOPOLITICAL GOTTERDAMMERUNG - the dying of th...

GEOPOLITICAL GOTTERDAMMERUNG - the dying of the old political gods, and the birth of the new ones - - The Conflict Conversations

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

COGNITIVE WARFARE I have been appointed to do some work on a European project involving cognitive warfare, a topic which is quite possibly the future of conflict management. I will share some of my thoughts from this work soon in an article

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

TIGHTROPE: South African lessons for middle powers in a multipolar world Early steps in the writing of this new book - an index, which will probably see some heavy revision before publication day

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

MAGAts limbering up to explain to us how the Iran deal is akshully a brilliant piece of 5D chess

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Sheamus: Yoga Stretching Warm-Up

ALT: Sheamus: Yoga Stretching Warm-Up

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

As a subscriber over at Substack, in addition to my normal work, you get access to: 1. Once a month I write an article specifically for a subscriber, on a topic that they request. See it as your own, free, consulting opinion on demand. 2. /

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

A lovely piece of fanmail 😁

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

FIGHT CLUB The role and importance of our physical bodies in our interpersonal conflicts. My latest article now available www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversation...

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FIGHT CLUB - The physical foundations of our interpersonal conflicts - - The Conflict Conversations

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our interpersonal conflict has a very physical component to it. Misunderstood, hardly ever incorporated in our understanding of how our conflicts are generated, or incorporated in our strategies, this important part of human conflict is getting the attention it deserves. /

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

A classic. And a book by some Russian guy 📚📚☕️

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Some heavy-duty reading with your morning coffee tomorrow - my article on the China/Taiwan conflict, the possible outcomes, timing, and whether war is inevitable ☕️

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Increasingly relevant...my book on being human, conflict and artificial intelligence. Hamlet's Mirror: Conflict and Artificial Intelligence

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

It is fascinating to see that Pope Leo's first encyclical deals with humanity and artificial intelligence. My 2024 book, Hamlet's Mirror, also investigated this crucial juxtaposition. An article in the influential Catholic publication Word on Fire discusses my book

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Andre Vlok @andrevlok.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Now also available over at Substack

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