Talking to the enemy : track two diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia / Dalia Dassa Kaye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaye, Dalia Dassa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--Case studies.

Conflict management.

Arab-Israeli conflict--1993---Peace.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Conflict management--South Asia.

Mediation, International.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND National Security Research Division, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph examines regional, multilateral track two dialogues in the Middle East and South Asia that are focused on arms control and other cooperative security measures. Unofficial policy discourse, or track two diplomacy, is an increasingly important part of the changing international security landscape, with the potential to raise new ideas and solutions to conflicts that, over time, may influence official policy. Talking to the Enemy considers how track two efforts in South Asia and the Middle East have socialized participants into thinking about security in more cooperative terms, and

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

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

Regional environment

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.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

"MG-592-NSRD"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-137).

ISBN:

1-281-18112-9

9786611181123

0-8330-4272-6

OCLC:

476120019