Conflict Mediation In The Arab World

Author : Ibrahim Fraihat,Isak Svensson
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780815656951

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Conflict Mediation in the Arab World by Ibrahim Fraihat,Isak Svensson Pdf

The Middle East and North Africa region has been plagued with civil wars, international interventions, and increasing militarization, making it one of the most war-affected areas in the world today. Despite numerous mediation processes and initiatives for conflict resolution, most have failed to transform conflicts from war to peace. Seeking to learn from these past efforts and apply new research, Fraihat and Svensson present the first comprehensive approach to mediation in the Arab world, taking on cases from Yemen to Sudan, from Qatar to Palestine, Syria, and beyond. Conflict Mediation in the Arab World focuses on mediation at three different levels of analysis: between countries, between governments and armed actors inside single countries, and between different communities. In applying this holistic method, the editors identify similarities and differences in the conditions for conflict resolution and management. Drawing upon the work of experts in the field with a deep understanding of the increasing complexities and changing dynamics of the region, this volume offers a valuable resource for academics, policy makers, and practitioners interested in conflict resolution and management in the Middle East and North Africa.

Author : Paul Salem
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020730375

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Conflict Resolution in the Arab World by Paul Salem Pdf

This study of conflict management in the Middle East covers general conflict resolution in Islam, sociological roots of conflict resolution in the Arab World and conflict resolution and the Arab state. The Western perspectives presented are then critiqued from a non-Western standpoint.

Author : Nahla Yassine-Hamdan,Frederic S Pearson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136658662

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Arab Approaches to Conflict Resolution by Nahla Yassine-Hamdan,Frederic S Pearson Pdf

This book examines Arab approaches to mediation, negotiation and settlement of political disputes. This book proposes that two clusters of independent variables are potentially responsible for the distinctive nature of Arab conflict resolution. Firstly, those linked with Arab political regimes and imperatives, and secondly those linked with Arab and /or Islamic culture. The text also focuses on the Arab League and its history of involvement in crisis and conflict situations, along with the roles of individual leaders, emissaries and extra-regional actors such as IGOs (Inter-Governmental Organisations) in undertaking mediation initiatives. IGO and Arab League activity has taken on new importance since the various intervention attempts in connection with the 'Arab Spring' since 2011. During the negotiation process, most Arab regimes tend to view conflicts within a broad historical context and Islamic culture prioritises the cohesion of the community and internal stability of the state over individual autonomy. This has created an authoritarian style of leadership, and in practice, leaders in the Middle East have had near absolute authority in the decision-making process—a fact which will have a lot of weight in conflict management and whether peace will endure for a long period of time. This book is unique in studying these clusters through comparative systematic case study analysis of events prior to and subsequent to the 'Arab Spring', augmented by a quantitative analysis of sample data on Arab disputes, compiled from a larger and newly augmented study comprising the years 1945-2000. Complementary data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s (UCDP) data base of armed conflicts since 1975 is also utilized. This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace and conflict studies, Middle Eastern politics and IR in general.

Author : René Rieger
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317193067

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Saudi Arabian Foreign Relations by René Rieger Pdf

In recent decades, Saudi Arabia has committed itself to playing the part of mediator in intra-national and international conflicts in the greater Middle East region. Examples include the two Saudi-introduced Arab Peace Initiatives of 1982 and 2002, mediation attempts between Algeria and Morocco in the West Sahara conflict, Iraq and Syria during the Iran-Iraq War and Iran and Iraq towards the end of their military conflict. Saudi Arabian Foreign Relations provides a new insight to current studies on Saudi foreign policy and mediation in international relations. The book offers a detailed analysis of Saudi Arabia’s intermediary role in the intra-state conflicts in Yemen, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, and the successes and limitations of each. Additionally, it provides an updated examination of Saudi Arabia’s role towards resolution of the larger Arab-Israeli conflict. Saudi Arabian Foreign Relations contributes to a far deeper understanding of Saudi foreign policy, and therefore will be of great interest to students and scholars of Middle East Politics and International Relations.

Author : Chrisitian Weidlich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:935781861

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Conflict Mediation in the Middle East by Chrisitian Weidlich Pdf

Author : Doron Pely
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317289357

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Muslim/Arab Mediation and Conflict Resolution by Doron Pely Pdf

Inter- and intra-clan conflicts in Northern Israel pit hundreds against each other in revenge cycles that take years to resolve and impact the entire community. The Sulha is a Shari’a-based traditional conflict resolution process that works independently of formal legal systems and is widely practiced to manage such conflicts in the north of Israel, as well as throughout the Muslim and Arab worlds. The Sulha process works by effecting a gradual attitudinal transformation, from a desire for revenge to a willingness to forgive, through restoration of the victim’s clan sense of honour. Muslim/Arab Mediation and Conflict Resolution examines the process of Sulha, as practiced by the Arab population of northern Israel, where it plays a central role in the maintenance of peace among Muslims, Christians, and Druze alike. It presents detailed analysis of every stage of this at times protracted process. It uses interviews with victims, perpetrators, Sulha practitioners, community leaders and lawyers, along with statistical analysis to examine how Sulha affects people’s lives, how various sectors of society impact the practice, and how it coexists with Israel’s formal legal system. Furthermore, it examines how Sulha compares to Western dispute resolution processes. This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of the entire Sulha process, and is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Middle East studies, Islamic studies and conflict resolution.

Author : Peter Hinchcliffe,Beverley Milton-Edwards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134070046

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Conflicts in the Middle East Since 1945 by Peter Hinchcliffe,Beverley Milton-Edwards Pdf

Giving a much-needed historical overview, this second edition of a successful book analyzes the nature of conflict in the Middle East, with its racial, ethnic, political, cultural, religious and economic factors. This second edition brings the book right up-to-date and includes:.:.; an examination of the effects of 9/11 on the Middle East peace process.; Bush's war on terrorism.; an updated discussion of the superpower conflict in the Middle East and the Kurdish situation.; a new chapter covering the recent war in Iraq. Also putting themain conflicts in totheir wider context with a.

Author : Steven L Spiegel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429722592

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Conflict Management In The Middle East by Steven L Spiegel Pdf

This book explores efforts being made to create Russian-American cooperation in managing recurrent conflict in the Middle East. Theoretical, historical, and policy sections provide the framework for chapters that represent the most current, multinational thinking on issues of war prevention, crisis avoidance, and conflict resolution. The contributo

Author : Hans-Jörg Albrecht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015063085487

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Conflicts and Conflict Resolution in Middle Eastern Societies by Hans-Jörg Albrecht Pdf

The historical and cultural richness of the Middle Eastern societies and the role of the state in the countries of the region provide a unique basis to understand the variety of means to address violent conflicts in different societies with a common basis. Against this backdrop, the leading question addressed in the contributions to this book concerns what is the best-suited response to violent conflicts? The question implies that there exist alternative ways of dealing with violent conflicts. And posing this question, there follow immediately other questions: best in terms of what and best for whom: the offender, the victim, the public or all of them? The responses are related to basic concepts of punishment, retaliation and mediation that have evidently been developed everywhere although content and meaning differ. Within this context, the book provides an overview on structural factors, settings and the phenomenology of violent conflicts in fourteen countries of the Middle East and an insight into the variety of types of traditional and modern conflict resolution applied largely in parallel in the region from different perspectives of social, legal and political sciences.

Author : Rami G. Khouri,Martin Wählisch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137530820

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Interventions in Conflict by Rami G. Khouri,Martin Wählisch Pdf

This book presents reflections of prominent international peacemakers in the Middle East, including Jimmy Carter, Lakhdar Brahimi, Jan Eliasson, Alvaro de Soto, and others. It provides unique insights and lessons learned about diplomacy and international peace mediation practice based on real life experience.

Author : Gabriel Ben-Dor,David Brian Dewitt
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014290194

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Conflict Management in the Middle East by Gabriel Ben-Dor,David Brian Dewitt Pdf

Author : Benjamin MacQueen
Publisher : Academic Monographs
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780522856248

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Political Culture and Conflict Resolution in the Arab Middle East by Benjamin MacQueen Pdf

Political Culture and Conflict Resolution in the Arab MIddle East develops a method for examining the explanatory capacity of political culture in relation to the issues of civil war and conflict resolution in Lebanon and Algeria. How perception, shaped by values and assumptions, affects political behaviour presents scholars with potentially valuable but also dangerous possibilities. Namely, seeking to explore the explanatory capacity of the nebulous concept of political culture can prospectively lead to the cul de sacs of essentialism or relativism. In an attempt to engage with the concept of political culture, this book develops a method for examining the explanatory capacity of political culture in relation to the issues of civil war and conflict resolution in Lebanon and Algeria. Applying strict limits on the implementation of political culture in an explanatory capacity, namely its role as a secondary, relational and comparative concept, this book demonstrates how political culture operates to shape the form and affect the legitimacy of conflict resolution processes. This is applied to two peace agreements, Lebanon's Taef Agreement and Algeria's Civil Concord. Here. the importance of 'contextuality' is emphasised in developing a space where political culture can provide explanatory capacity whilst remaining connected to 'macro' theoretical concepts.

Author : Ralph H. Salmi,Cesar Adib Majul,George Kilpatrick Tanham
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 076181096X

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Islam and Conflict Resolution by Ralph H. Salmi,Cesar Adib Majul,George Kilpatrick Tanham Pdf

Islam and Conflict Resolution investigates and analyzes those aspects of Islam that deal with international law and peaceful resolution of conflict in an attempt to bridge the gap between the Western and Islamic worlds. The authors seek to expose the common ground that exists between the beliefs of Islam and those of the Judeo-Christian religions that influence action in the modern world. Most importantly, they seek to clarify the Muslim belief that conflict is not permanent or unavoidable, pointing out that Islam offers many recommendations for reducing conflict at various levels of personal and interstate relations. The book encourages an intellectual effort on both sides for education that will lead to a definite understanding of each other's world so as to lead to fair treatment in policymaking and journalism as well as an end to hostility between the Muslim and Judeo-Christian worlds.

Author : M.E. Ahrari
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349246540

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Change and Continuity in the Middle East by M.E. Ahrari Pdf

How will the growing Islamic resurgence affect the political stability of the Middle East? What are the prospects for democracy in the area? How will the continued Iranian-Saudi and Israeli-Syrian rivalries affect political stability in that area? What are the prospects for the deceleration of the arms race? Are the Kurds likely to enjoy continued autonomy in Iraq? These questions are answered in this study.

Author : Benjamin MacQueen
Publisher : Academic Monographs
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0522859968

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ISS 3 Political Culture and Conflict Resolution in the Arab World by Benjamin MacQueen Pdf

Benjamin MacQueen presents an innovative and in-depth look at contemporary conflict resolution in the Arab Middle East, developing a unique theory of political culture through his analysis of peace processes in Lebanon and Algeria. Moving beyond conventional perspectives, Political Culture and Conflict Resolution in the Arab World highlights that while culture can serve as a key to resolving and transforming conflict, if neglected, it can act to worsen the conditions that lead to conflict. This book represents a critical advance in the study of conflict and its resolution in the Arab World.