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Book and Article Summaries from the Beyond Intractability Project
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Book SummaryTransformative mediation seeks to empower and recognize the parties to a conflict. This book explains the transformative mediation process, contrasting it with problem-solving mediation.
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Book SummaryLax and Sebenius introduce a cognitive frame and a comprehensive set of processes referred to as "3D negotiation," which includes: the setup, the deal design and "at the table tactics.
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Book SummaryThis is the transcription of a 1991 conversation between Jimmy Carter and James Laue. Topics of the discussion include the Camp David negotiations, the Middle East, the Carter Center, and some of Carter's general insights into peacemaking.
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Book SummaryMany of the current conflicts in the Middle East are largely a result of the haphazard way in which national boundaries were established after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Fromkin discusses the consequences of poor policies and weak intelligence on the part of the British as they reshaped the Middle East.
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Book SummaryPublic policy decisions can be viewed as economic decisions seeking maximum utility. That point of view allows analysts to apply economic theory to policy-making decisions. This book introduces such an approach, focusing primarily on difference equations.
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