scholarly journals A Personal Journey: Promoting Conflict Intervention Initiatives in Mali, West Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-93
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
West Africa ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Main Motivation ◽  
Personal Journey ◽  
Intervention Training ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Conflict Intervention ◽  
Peace And Reconciliation

This article traces the development of the author’s evolving ideas and proposals, developed initially without mediation/conflict intervention training, to establish Conflict Intervention links between Ireland and Mali, West Africa. It tracks the evolution of these ideas from 2004 to 2014, starting with short-lived plans for a novel decommissioning initiative in Ireland, to a proposed major confidence-building International Conference, then to a story-telling intervention, finally to a generic proposal to develop unspecified Track Two and/or Track Three initiatives. The article identifies the main motivation as being to share the experience and expertise gained in Ireland through the Northern Ireland/Ireland/UK conflict and its on-going resolution. It outlines the basis for and aims of the various proposals as they evolved, and briefly describes their culmination in an exploratory visit to Mali with Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation. The article highlights the role Ireland can play in the international conflict resolution arena.

scholarly journals Editorial

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 412-413
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Conflict Theory ◽  
International Conflicts ◽  
Bilateral Coordination ◽  
Change Dynamics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Conflict Intervention ◽  
Theory Research

Conflict theory and conflict intervention can be explored using a wide range of perspectives, from a focus on different specialisms, through theory, research and to theory applied to practice. We welcome the contributors to this issue from many parts of the world, covering a wide range of mediation themes and topics. The authors in this issue examine conflict with a focus on a variety of different fields of knowledge which are the bases for the articles. In this issue, Aytekin Cantekin presents and critiques conflict “ripeness” or “readiness” theories, concepts that have been helpful as analytic tools in the world of peacemaking. His article, “Ripeness and Readiness Theories in International Conflict Resolution” argues that “...using readiness theory (first) to understand each party and its positions separately, then using ripeness theory to map the bilateral coordination can be a better way to grasp basic foundations and change dynamics of the conflict to catch the ripe moment...” for conflict intervention in international conflicts.

scholarly journals Conflict Engagement: A Contingency Model in Theory and Practice

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Rothman
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
International Conflict ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Contingency Model ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
Conflict Intervention ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Contingency Approach

The systematic study and applied practice of conflict resolution is now a few decades old and is evolving into its own field and perhaps towards its own discipline (Avruch, 2013). I believe an essential way forward towards a more robust field and discipline is to build a parsimonious contingency approach. That is, an approach for applying our best theoretical and analytical tools to diagnosing the nature and status of a given conflict and then systematically and adaptively matching up the best methods for constructively engaging the conflict as it evolves. Fisher and Keashly (1991) pioneered contingency theory in international conflict resolution, while Sander and Goldberg suggested “fitting the forum to the fuss” in domestic ADR a few years later (1994). Since then the notion has caught on and is now somewhat in “vogue” (Fisher, 2012). However, surprisingly little development has occurred in this arena given the promise it holds. The contingency model described in this article builds on this early theorizing and suggests different conflict intervention methods according to conflict type and stage of development. Conflicts are divided into three different types: resource-based, objectives-based and identity-based. Each type is conducive to a different mode of engagement.

Teaching and assessing problem solving for international conflict resolution.

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linden L. Nelson ◽  
Natasha L. Golding ◽  
David R. Drews ◽  
Mary K. Blazina
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
International Conflict

Middle East–Yemen Arab Republic–Asian Sub-Continent–East Africa–West Africa–Haiti–Colombia–Northern Ireland–Visits to political detainees

1973 ◽  
Vol 13 (142) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
West Africa ◽  
East Africa ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Yemen Arab Republic

ICRC delegates in Israel and the Arab countries have, in recent weeks, made several visits to prisoners of war. As usual, they talked with them without witnesses. In accordance with the established practice, reports are sent to the detaining authorities and to the prisoners' own governments.

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