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Back Channel Negotiation
Anthony Wanis-St. John
其他書名
Secrecy in the Middle East Peace Process
出版
Syracuse University Press
, 2011-02-02
主題
Political Science / International Relations / Diplomacy
Political Science / World / Middle Eastern
Political Science / Peace
Political Science / History & Theory
History / Middle East / Israel & Palestine
ISBN
0815651074
9780815651079
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Sj2yfUC2Bf0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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Wanis-St. John takes on the question of whether the complex and often perilous, secret negotiations between mediating parties prove to be an instrumental path to reconciliation or rather one that disrupts the process. Using the Palestinian-Israeli peace process as a framework, the author focuses on the uses and misuses of “back channel” negotiations. Wanis-St. John discusses how top level PLO and Israeli government officials often resorted to secret negotiation channels even when they had designated, acknowledged negotiation teams already at work. Intense scrutiny of the media, pressure from constituents, and the public’s reaction, all become severe constraints to the process, causing leaders to seek out back channel negotiations. The impact of these secret talks on the peace process over time has largely been unexplored. Through interviews with major negotiators and policymakers on both sides and a detailed history of the conflict, the author analyzes the functions and consequences of back channel negotiations. Wanis-St. John reveals the painful irony that these methods for peacemaking have had the unintended effect of inflaming the conflict and sustaining its intractability.