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Back channel negotiation : secrecy in the Middle East peace process / Anthony Wanis-St. John.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wanis-St. John, Anthony.
- Series:
- Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution.
- Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Peace.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes--Case studies.
- Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (370 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Analyzing the Palestinian-Israeli peace process
- The search for peace in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, 1973 to 1991
- The Madrid peace conference and the Washington track, 1991 to 1993
- Negotiations in the Oslo channel, 1993
- Negotiations during the interim phase, 1993 to 1998
- Endgame or endless game? permanent status and crisis negotiations, 1999 to 2008
- Back channel negotiation : causes and consequences.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780815651079
- 0815651074
- OCLC:
- 759158726
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