U.S. NEGOTIATING STRATEGY TOWARDS THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1967-1979 (UNITED STATES).
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Title
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U.S. NEGOTIATING STRATEGY TOWARDS THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1967-1979 (UNITED STATES).
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Identifier
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AAI8601683
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identifier
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8601683
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Creator
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PARKER, THOMAS ROBBINS.
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Contributor
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Dankwart A. Rustow
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Date
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1985
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Political Science, International Law and Relations
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Abstract
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This dissertation is an examination of United States negotiating strategies towards the Arab-Israeli conflict from 1967 to 1979. Drawing on theoretical studies of negotiating strategy as well as accounts of the negotiations by participants and commentators, we examine the use at various times during this period of different diplomatic approaches undertaken or supported by the United States in order to determine their relative effectiveness.;Throughout our study, we analyze negotiating procedures both at the strategic level--the level of general policy orientation--and the tactical level, where the day-to-day details of implementing policy goals are worked out. On both these levels, we compare the use of the partial approach, in which issues are segmented and dealt with over an extended period of time, with the comprehensive approach, in which all issues are dealt with at the same time. Similarly, we compare the use of the separate approach towards parties, in which they are dealt with bilaterally, with the joint approach, in which they are dealt with multilaterally.;Our hypothesis that the combination of the partial approach towards issues and the separate approach towards parties is the most effective strategy for reaching significant agreements is largely borne out by the negotiations of the period. Our study leads us to qualify this hypothesis, however, in that it shows that a modified form of the comprehensive approach is more effective on the tactical level.;The 1979 Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty that resulted from the combined partial and separate approaches, though controversial, has important positive aspects. The goal of our study, however, is not to evaluate the treaty, but to elucidate the process by which it was arrived at in order to provide a model that can be applied to other negotiations. Based on a detailed analysis of twelve years of negotiations concerning a major area of international tension, this study proposes a set of broad guidelines for optimal ways of reaching agreements in multiparty international negotiations.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Political Science
