Grasping the Nettle : Analyzing Cases of Intractable Conflict

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Pub. Date: 2005-03-24
Publisher(s): United States Inst of Peace Pr
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Summary

Analyzes the defining characteristics and underlying dynamics of intractable conflicts.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Richard H Solomon
Preface xiii
Contributors xvii
The Intractable Conflicts Experts Group xxiii
1. Introduction: Mapping the Nettle Field 3(30)
Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson, Pamela Aall
Understanding Intractability
2. Comparative Studies of Long Wars
33(14)
Roy Licklider
3. Analyzing Intractability
47(18)
I. William Zartman
4. Nature, Dynamics, and Phases of Intractability
65(34)
Louis Kriesberg
5. Mediation in the Most Resistant Cases
99(24)
Jacob Bercovitch
6. Negotiating Intractable Conflicts: The Contributions of Unofficial Intermediaries
123(38)
Diana Chigas
Cases of Intractable Conflict
7. Can Sudan Escape Its Intractability?
161(22)
J. Stephen Morrison and Alex de Waal
8. Intractability and Third-Party Mediation in the Balkans
183(26)
Steven L. Burg
9. Angola: The End of an Intractable Conflict
209(22)
Paul Hare
10. Third Parties and Intractable Conflicts: The Case of Colombia
231(38)
Cynthia J. Arnson and Teresa Whield
11. The Uses of Deadlock: Intractability in Eurasia
269(26)
Charles King
12. Kashmir: Fifty Years of Running in Place
295(24)
Howard B. Schaffer and Teresita C. Schaffer
13. "Intractable" Confrontation on the Korean Peninsula: A Contribution to Regional Stability?
319(24)
Scott Snyder
14. Intractability and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
343(14)
Stephen Cohen
15. Beyond Resolution? The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
357(18)
Shibley Telhami
When Endless Conflicts End
16. Conclusion: From Intractable to Tractable-the Outlook and Implications for Third Parties
375(12)
Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osier Hampson, and Pamela Aall
Index 387

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