Rethinking Conflict Resolution and Management

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'International conflict resolution is more urgently needed than ever. Unfortunately, at a time when doubt has been growing about its viability and productivity. The Rethinking by Zartman and Vukovic is powerful because it does not run away from the project but insists on the necessity and possibility of managing conflict. The wealth of new ideas in this book actually makes the world better equipped to confront present and future conflicts.' -- Ole Waever, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 'Rethinking Conflict Resolution and Managementis a magisterial contribution to the negotiation literature by two eminent scholars of international negotiation and conflict resolution. In a world where great power rivalries and conflict are accelerating and there is an urgent need for diplomacy to steer the world away from further conflict, this book offers tangible solutions and recommendations. It should be required reading for scholars and practitioners alike and will serve as a useful text for students who want to better understand the ingredients that go into successful diplomacy and conflict management.' -- Fen Osler Hampson, Carleton University, Canada 'This masterful book, co-authored by I. William Zartman, a leading scholar of international conflict management and negotiation for over a half century, and his young co-author, Sinisa Vukovic, a rising star in this field, presents an impressive analysis of the causes of the collapse of the international order in the 21st century, of which the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the final "nail in the coffin." It presents a clarion call to rethink virtually all assumptions of international conflict management in the future and to create new ideas necessary to reconstitute the norms, institutions, and practices of international relations to prevent global catastrophe in the decades ahead.' -- P. Terrence Hopmann, John Hopkins University (SAIS), US 'Rethinking Conflict Resolution and Management is a book of big ideas on global peace and war. It introduces powerful new concepts, such as the "wall of inhibitions" through which belligerence breaks and constitutes a new normative reality. The volume is an inspiring, thought-provoking, but also entertaining read.' -- Timo Kivimaki, University of Bath, UK