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• Babbitt, Eileen F. "Contributions of Training to International Conflict Resolution" in Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques, eds. I. William Zartman and J. Lewis Rasmussen, Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1997, pp. 365-387.

Conflict Resolution training rests on several basic assumptions. The skills that allow parties to manage conflicts in a constructive fashion, those skills can be taught and learned, all parties can benefit by making their practice more conscious and reflective and training can help participants, making them less susceptible to manipulation and more able to work out their differences without violence. This article discusses how training makes educational and political contributions to international conflict resolution.

• Bercovitch, Jacob. "Mediation in International Conflict: An Overview of Theory, A Review of Practice" Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques, eds. I. William Zartman and J. Lewis Rasmussen, Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1997, pp. 125-154.

Mediation is a process of conflict management, related to but distinct from the parties' own negotiations, where those in conflict seek the assistance of, or accept an offer of help from outsiders to change their behavior, without leading to physical force or violating the law. This article relays studies of international mediation and how it falls into four approaches, when and why should mediators mediate, and how Bercovitch identifies three factors that contribute to effective mediation.

• Kelman, Herbert C. "Social-Psychological Dimensions of International Conflict" Peacemaking in International Conflict: Methods and Techniques, eds. I. William Zartman and J. Lewis Rasmussen, Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1997, pp. 191-238.

Social-psychological analysis is a necessary component of any general theory of international relations. Kelman displays a social-psychological view of the nature of international conflict, how it can escalate to conflict and how it requires reversing the dynamics in order to reach resolution. He also describes two types of social-psychological processes that contribute to conflict resolution; normative and perceptual.

• Hastings, M. (2006). The Israel-Palestine Conflict Might be Resolved by Thinking Globally: We should not see the Middle East as unique, but view it in the context of territorial disputes around the world.

The article analyses the root causes of the Israel-Palestine conflict and compares it with several other conflicts in the world. The author supports the theory that the Middle Eastern conflict is similar to any other dispute. He also defends the idea that a resolution may only be reached through a solution imposed by a dominant third party or a catastrophe.

• International Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice Edward Azar and John Burton, eds., Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1986, 159 pp.

International Conflict Resolution discusses alternative approaches to the realist view of international relations. It discusses the problem solving approach to international conflicts in particular. It will be of interest to those who seek a basic understanding of the problem solving approach to conflict resolution, and to those interested in understanding changing approaches to international conflict in recent history.

• Jaffe, E. (2004). Peace in the Middle East May Be Impossible: Lee D. Ross on Naïve Realism and Conflict Resolution.

The article describes the theory of Lee D. Ross who analyzes the barrier to conflict resolution and illustrates his thoughts using examples relative to what is happening in the Israel-Palestine conflict. The phenomenon of misperception called "Naïve Realism" is described as the root cause of failure in resolving the Middle East crisis.

• Kelman, H. (2005). Contributions of an unofficial conflict resolution effort to the Israeli-Palestinian breakthrough.

This article describes the decisive role played by third party mediators in the conflict resolution process involving Israel and Palestine. The author describes the outputs provided by workshops conducted to enable Israelis and Palestinians to modify their perceptions. He also described the propositions expressed by the mediators during the conflict resolution process.

• Kemp, G., Fry, D.P. Keeping the peace : conflict resolution and peaceful societies around the world. New York: Routledge, 2004.

The concept of peaceful societies are analyzed. The Hopi of Northern Arizona and the Restraint and ritual of apology: the Rotumans of the South Pacific are referenced for their contentious, but non-violent ways of living. These and other societies around the globe are studied.

• Lapid, Y. Bridging the Gap. The Ethnic Conflict Research Digest, Vol 1, No 2, 1998.

The authors use a simple but effective format to develop their argument that the Mideast "security architecture" may be at the end of one era and the beginning of another. The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in November 1995 and the subsequent election of Benjamin Netanyahu are acknowledged. The first chapter is jointly written and sketches an up-beat review of the Middle East Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS) talks held after the 1991 Madrid conference.

• Marsden, P. Afghanistan: Minorities, Conflict and the Search for Peace. London: Minority Rights Group, 2001.

Afghanistan, a country where several overlapping identities wrestle for dominence, has a long history of external interference and internal conflict. This report attempts to analyze the possibilities for achieving a 'durable peace' in this multi-ethnic state.

• Stein, K. W. & Lewis, S. W. (1996). Mediation in the Middle East.

This article provides a description of the important role played by mediators in the conflict resolution process in the Middle East. The authors describe the task and guidelines a mediator must follow in order to be successful. They also describe the main factors to consider in order to initiate and manage mediation. The authors illustrate their theory by providing several examples of the US mediation history in the Middle East conflicts.