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Ripeness Promoting Strategies

	Roy Lewicki considers whether facilitators should pursue resolution when the situation is not "ripe."
	William Zartman discusses his theory of "ripeness."
	According to Chester Crocker, there are various points of convergence among Track I and Track II diplomacy. Both of these processes do things to "ripen" the conflict, he observes, before negotiation can begin.

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