A Theoretical Analysis of U.S.-Soviet Conflict Management in the Middle East

2019 ◽  
pp. 77-106
Author(s):  
Benjamin Miller
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Conflict Management

The American intelligence breakdown in Iraq and the failure of the strategies of conflict ‘transformation’

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-206
Author(s):  
Ahmad Jamil Azem
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Political Structure ◽  
Middle Eastern Studies ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
The Social ◽  
War In Iraq ◽  
Post War

This paper shows how the American planning for the war in Iraq of 2003 lacked the use of major academic and scientific disciplines. Some basic theories and principles in the field of nationalism and ethnicity studies as well as the field of Middle Eastern studies were supposed to guide the planning for the post-war era in a better way. The goals of the war were originally very ambitious and included ‘conflict transformation’ which implies facilitating changes in the social and political structure of Iraq and the Middle East, but it has now changed to the more modest goal of ‘conflict management’ which focuses on containing violence.

Conflict Management in the Middle East

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faten Ghosn
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Singular Stress ◽  
Dominant Strategies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Arab Israeli Conflict ◽  
And Gender

Although the Middle East is a dynamic region that has witnessed countless endeavors dealing with managing, resolving, and preventing conflicts from even emerging, most of the mainstream academic and policy focus has been on the Arab-Israeli peace process, in general, and the strategies of negotiation and mediation, in particular. This article goes beyond the dominant strategies of conflict management and the singular stress on the Arab-Israeli conflict by focusing on the different types of mechanisms available for actors in dealing with their conflict, including track-two diplomacy, the role of culture and gender in conflict management, and, last but not least, the emerging interest in the nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Mediation: Ripeness and its Challenges in the Middle East

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 479-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. William Zartman
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Effective Source

A mutually hurting stalemate is a necessary but insufficient condition for the opening of negotiations, direct or mediated. It is subject to perception, buffered by many insulating ploys even if it seems to exist objectively. Thus, the major challenge for a mediator in most cases is to ripen the parties’ perceptions. In addition to the attitudinal challenge, there are structural challenges posed by other types of stalemates and near-stalemates, which call for not only persuasion but also manipulation by the mediator. The ultimate challenge to a mediator is to move successful negotiations producing conflict management onto the consummating phase of negotiations for conflict resolution. But the first removes the incentive for the second, since it ceases the violence that is the most effective source of pain.

scholarly journals Analisis Konflik dalam Narasi Pertikaian Sara dan Hagar dalam Kejadian 16:1-16

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonny Eli Zaluchu ◽  
Ayu Aditiarani Seniwati
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
The Other ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Central Theme ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Family ◽  
Book Of Genesis ◽  
The Impact

Conflict is the central theme in this paper by raising the narrative of the dispute between Sara and Hagar in Genesis 16: 1-16 about the birth of Isaac and Ishmael. This paper aims to discuss the dynamics of the ongoing conflict between Sara and Hagar by relying on narrative and using several contexts close to the central theme. The author uses a narrative approach to discuss and analyze. The dispute between Sara and Hagar was a narrative in the style of the Yahwista writers of Genesis. It can see in the analysis that the narrative writer of the Book of Genesis 16: 1-16 uses conflict as a drive for the plot in composing themes. Abraham did not resolve the dispute. Sara and Hagar could not be reconciled and coexist comfortably. In the end, Hagar expelled by Abraham and went on his way of life. The impact of Abraham's failure to reconcile his two wives led to disharmony of relations between his descendants today in the Middle East. The findings also show that conflict management in this narrative is not visible. Abraham, as the head of the family, could be said to have failed to manage the dynamics of his marriage. But on the other hand, the analysis also concludes that the conflict shows God's intervention to bring about the results of His covenant to Abraham regarding the offspring born from the womb of Sarah, his wife.Abstrak Konflik adalah tema sentral di dalam paper ini dengan mengangkat narasi pertikaian antara Sara dan Hagar di dalam Kejadian 16:1-16 di seputar kelahiran Ishak dan Ismael. Paper ini bertujuan membahas dinamika konflik yang berlangsung antara Sara dan Hagar dengan mengandalkan narasi dan menggunakan beberapa konteks yang dekat dengan tema pokok. Penulis menggunakan metode pendekatan naratif untuk melakukan pembahasan dan analisis. Hal ini dilakukan karena pertikaian Sara dan Hagar adalah sebuah narasi yang menjadi gaya para penulis kitab Kejadian dari kelompok Yahwista. Di dalam analisis, penulis narasi Kitab Kejadian 16:1-16 menggunakan konflik sebagai drive bagi plot di dalam merangkai tema. Bahkan ditemukan fakta bahwa konflik tersebut tidak diselesaikan oleh Abraham. Sara dan Hagar tidak dapat hidup berdampingan dengan nyaman dan damai. Pada akhirnya Hagar diusir oleh Abraham dan menempuh jalan hidupnya sendiri. Dampak dari kegagalan Abraham memperdamaikan kedua istrinya berujung pada ketidakharmonisan hubungan di antara keturunannya hari ini di Timur Tengah. Temuan juga memperlihatkan bahwa manajemen konflik di dalam narasi ini tidak terlihat. Abraham, yang memiliki banyak perempuan dalam statusnya sebagai kepala keluarga, gagal mengelola dinamika di dalam pernikahan yang dijalaninya. Akan tetapi di sisi lain, analisis juga menyimpulkan bahwa konflik tersebut memperlihatkan campur tangan Tuhan untuk mewujudkan hasil perjanjian-Nya kepada Abraham tentang keturunan yang lahir dari rahim Sara. 

scholarly journals To Manage, Resolve or Transform? The Way Forward for the EU in the Middle East Peace Process

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Persson
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Just Peace ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

This article argues that 40 years of EU peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have produced few significant results with a possible exception to this being the parameters provided by the EU for a just peace in the conflict. In any case, it is difficult to characterise these past four decades of EU involvement as anything other than a failure. Consequently, the main argument of this article is that a new strategy for the EU’s peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is urgently needed. As both the approaches of conflict management and conflict resolution have been tried and have failed, this article argues that the EU has far better potential in transforming the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than in managing or resolving it. An EU strategy more clearly based on the principles of conflict transformation is therefore the best way forward for the EU in the Middle East peace process.

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