CJ 5: Hostage Taking (Initial Response)
Context
Your team’s Administrative Assistant walks in the door, and says “You need to look at this!”, which was just posted to ‘X’
Task
Select the best option from the list below to respond to the new hostage taking crisis.
Options
Explore the negotiation strategies available to your team. Select a tab to read each option’s approach, advantages, and disadvantages.
- Option 1
- Option 2
- Option 3
- Option 4
- Option 5
- Option 6
Option 1: Diplomatic Channels
Engage diplomatic channels to facilitate negotiations, leveraging international relationships and resources.
Option 2: Community Mediation
Involve local community leaders to mediate discussions between the captors and Amazonia.
Option 3: Engage Crisis Negotiation Team
Assemble a crisis negotiation team with expertise in psychology and conflict resolution.
Option 4: Leverage Brazilian Co-Chair
Use Lucas, the Brazilian Co-Chair, to facilitate the negotiation.
Option 5: Demand Proof of Life
Demand a clear “proof of life” from all of the hostages as a key precondition to negotiation.
Option 6: Crisis Communications Strategy
Use crisis communications to apply pressure on captors and manage public perception.
Decision
After carefully reviewing the options above, your team must now choose the negotiation strategy that best aligns with operational and humanitarian objectives. Select one option below to record your team’s decision with 1 min (or less) remaining.
Option 1: Diplomatic Channels
Option 2: Community Mediation
Option 3: Engage Crisis Negotiation Team
Option 4: Leverage Brazilian Co-Chair
Option 5: Demand Proof of Life
Option 6: Crisis Communications Strategy
