The fog of peace : the human face of conflict resolution /

This book is written by two individuals with very different experiences in international relations, one, a career diplomat with some results to show at the UN, the other a practising therapist, and both concerned to develop the links between the psychological and the political worlds. The book focus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rifkind, Gabrielle, 1953-
Other Authors: Picco, Giandomenico
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I.B.Tauris, [2014]
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1: Practice, not theory: A so-called diplomat's story by Gianni Picco
  • The therapist's story by Gabrielle Rifkind
  • No politics without psychology
  • Israel: from trauma to where?
  • The Taliban mind
  • My God is right, yours is wrong
  • Iran: getting into the mind of the enemy
  • Thirteen successful negotiations with Iran
  • Part 3: The changing nature of warfare
  • Alternatives to war: do we need to get smarter?
  • Part 4: New structures/old structures: Beyond the nation state: do we still need an enemy?
  • A look into the future
  • The art of negotiation
  • The politics of self-awareness.