Talking to the enemy : track two diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia

Talking to the enemy : track two diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia /

Kaye (RAND) has written a thorough, thoughtful analysis of track two diplomacy in the two most difficult areas to practice this craft: South Asia and the Middle East. She includes descriptions and comments on a number of such efforts in both regions, which will be invaluable to both scholar and prof...

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Author / Contributor: Kaye, Dalia Dassa (Author)
Imprint: Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Security Research Division, 2007.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Subjects:
Conflict management > Case studies.
Arab-Israeli conflict > 1993- > Peace.
Conflict management > South Asia.
Mediation, International.
Security, International.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking track two diplomacy
  • Key issues and questions
  • The state of the field
  • A normative framework
  • Defining track two
  • Applying track two
  • A regional focus
  • Historical precedents
  • Comparing the Middle East and South Asia
  • Roles for track two dialogues
  • Socialization of participating elites: creating a constituency for regional cooperation
  • Filtering: making others' ideas your own
  • Transmission: turning ideas into new policies
  • Limits of track two dialogues
  • Regional security dialogues in the Middle East
  • Introduction
  • Overview of dialogues
  • UCLA and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
  • The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
  • The search for common ground
  • Depaul University
  • United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
  • Cooperative Monitoring Center
  • Canadian-sponsored maritime activities
  • The U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: regional seismic monitoring cooperation project
  • European-sponsored activities
  • Gulf security track two forums
  • Roles
  • Socialization
  • Filtering
  • Policy impact
  • Limits
  • Elites
  • Domestic constraints
  • The regional environment
  • Conclusion
  • Regional security dialogues in South Asia
  • Introduction
  • Overview of dialogues
  • Neemrana process
  • Balusa group
  • Kashmir Study Group (KSG)
  • Shanghai process
  • Stimson Center dialogues
  • CSIS meetings on nuclear risk reduction centres (NRRCs)
  • Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Maritime activities: the confidence and cooperation in South Asian Waters Project
  • Roles
  • Socialization
  • Filtering
  • Policy impact
  • Limits
  • Elites
  • Domestic constraints
  • Regional environment
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Central arguments
  • Regional comparisons
  • Regional lessons
  • Improving track two dialogues
  • Expand the types of participants
  • Create or strengthen institutional support and mentors for track two activities
  • Localize the dialogues
  • Bibliography.

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