Anthony Wanis - St.John
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B
ACK
C
HANNEL
D
IPLOMACY
: I
MPLICATIONS FOR
P
RACTICE AND
T
HEORY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
COMPARING CHANNELS OF PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI DIPLOMACY: 1991-2003 ............................. 5
A.
L
IMITS OF EXISTING NEGOTIATION RESEARCH
...................................................................................6
1.
The single channel paradigm .......................................................................................................6
2.
Toward more complex definitions ................................................................................................7
B.
C
OMPARATIVE OVERVIEW OF THE
P
ALESTINIAN
-I
SRAELI
N
EGOTIATIONS
.......................................10
II.
THEORETICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI PEACE PROCESS ................. 12
A.
B
ENEFITS OF
BCD ...........................................................................................................................13
1.
Entry...........................................................................................................................................14
2.
Spoilers.......................................................................................................................................15
3.
Information.................................................................................................................................15
4.
Outcome .....................................................................................................................................16
B.
C
ONSEQUENCES OF
BCD .................................................................................................................17
1.
Delay: the price of entry.............................................................................................................17
2.
Spoilers: feedback effects and the implementation dilemma ......................................................17
3.
Risks of revealing preferences and interests in back channels...................................................19
4.
Outcome risks.............................................................................................................................20
C.
F
IVE PROPOSITIONS GENERATED BY THE DATA
................................................................................23
III.
IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE................................................................................................................ 26
IV.
SYNTHESIS OF IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE ...................................................... 27
TABLE OF FIGURES
Table 1: Chronology of major agreements: Interim and permanent status negotiations 1991-2003....... 9
Table 2: Managing uncertainty: benefits and consequences of BCD..................................................... 22
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