ISBN:
1911723111
,
9781911723110
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 199 Seiten
Uniform Title:
Négocier avec le diable
Keywords:
Pacific settlement of international disputes
;
Mediation, International
;
Diplomacy
;
Bewaffneter Konflikt
;
Friede
;
Verhandlung
;
Internationaler Konflikt
;
Friedensverhandlung
;
Mediation
;
Völkermord
;
Moral
;
Einflussgröße
;
Erde
Abstract:
After many years in the little-known world of back-channel mediation, helping sworn adversaries to prevent, manage or resolve conflict, Pierre Hazan felt compelled to re-examine the acute practical and ethical dilemmas that affected his work in Bosnia, Ukraine, the Sahel and the Central African Republic. What is the mediator’s responsibility when two belligerents conclude a peace agreement to the detriment of a third? Should mediators never be party to ‘ethnic cleansing’, even if it saves lives? Is a fragile peace worth sacrificing justice for—or will that sacrifice fuel another cycle of violence? In an increasingly dystopian world, Negotiating with the Devil offers both practical guidelines and a moral compass for mediators whose field of action has transformed dramatically. We have gone from soft to hard power; from ‘peace dividends’ to war in Europe; from the end of one Cold War to a new East–West confrontation in Ukraine; from Pax Americana to a multipolar world; from the dream of an all-powerful UN to the organisation’s marginalisation. Against this tapestry, Hazan sheds light on the complex work of those steering peace negotiations, blending vivid first-hand observation with sharp insights into the psychology of compromise as a first step towards peace.
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