| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 352 pages) : illustrations |
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Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution |
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Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution.
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| Contents |
Analyzing the Palestinian-Israeli peace process -- The search for peace in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 1973 to 1991 -- The Madrid peace conference and the Washington track, 1991 to 1993 -- Negotiations in the Oslo channel, 1993 -- Negotiations during the interim phase, 1993 to 1998 -- Endgame or endless game? permanent status and crisis negotiations, 1999 to 2008 -- Back channel negotiation : causes and consequences |
| Summary |
Anthony Wanis-St. John "Wanis-St. John is right in focusing on back channel negotiation: it is an essential part of complex processes that cannot be understood through oversimplified frames."--ANDREA BARTOLI, George Mason University |
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Wanis-St. John takes on the question of whether the complex and often perilous secret negotiations between principal parties prove to be instrumental paths to reconciliation or roadblocks that disrupt the process. Using the Palestinian-Israeli peace process as a framework, the author focuses on the uses and misuses of "back channel" negotiations. He discusses how top-level PLO and Israeli government officials have often resorted to secret negotiation channels even when designated, acknowledged negotiation teams were already at work. Intense scrutiny by the media, pressure from constituents, and reactions of the public all became severe constraints to the process, causing leaders to seek out such back channels. The impact of these secret talks within the peace process over time has largely been unexplored. Including interviews with major negotiators and policy makers on both sides and a detailed history of the conflict, Wanis-St. John analyzes the functions and consequences of back |
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Channel negotiations. The book reveals the painful irony that these methods for peacemaking have had the unintended effect of inflaming the conflict and sustaining its intractability. --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Peace
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Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes -- Case studies
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HISTORY -- Middle East -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Peace
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Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780815651079 |
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0815651074 |
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