Zaire


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Presents a broad-ranging examination of the growing economic, political, and humanitarian struggle in Zaire, along with suggestions for preventative action to ameliorate Zaire's problems. Topics include: understanding the unending crisis in Zaire, the structure of society, economic structures and prospects, political structures and prospects, urgent issues, a framework for action to arrest further violence, and how best to provide international economic aid in Zaire. Includes a discussion on Rwandan refugees in Zaire and a chronology of the situation in Zaire from 1960-1996. Charts and tables.




Peaceworks


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Peace Watch


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U.S. Responses to Self-determination Movements


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Experts on international law and state sovereignty discussed the right to self-determinationits origins, what it entails, and the nature of international legal language sanctioning and defining it. Focusing on U.S. policy toward actual self-determination and separatist movements and the strategies and options available to the United States to mediate or intercede in them, the Institute of Peace and the State Department's Policy Planning Staff held a second meeting in March 1996 to examine ways that the United States and the international community might work to promote successful outcomes to territorial or separatist disputes, with "successful" broadly defined as nonviolent and nonsecessionist.




Muddling Toward Democracy


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The reader is sure to find this report an important contribution to the ongoing debate in the United States about U.S.-Sino relations.




Sovereignty After Empire


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New Approaches to International Negotiation and Mediation


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Part I: Applied Theory. Recent advances in negotiation theory and application to skills training / by Daniel Druckman and Victor Robinson -- Adjusted winner theory: applications to the South China Sea / by Steven Brams -- Part II: Simulations. Computer-based simulation: Antarctic treaty and Falklands/Malvinas negotiations / by Jack Child -- Crisis negotiation environment project / by Jonathan Wilkenfeld and Sarit Kraus -- Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: a teaching simulation / by Marie Isabelle Chevrier -- Part III: Internal Conflicts. Negotiating an end in civil wars: general findings / by Roy Licklider -- Negotiating for peace in Liberia: conclusions and recommendations / by Richard Joseph -- Negotiating with "villains" / by Bertram Spector -- Conclusions: Bridging theory and practice -- Appendix: Theoretical aspects of adjusted winner theory.