This paper is another one to point up the usefulness of the relative utility approach in conflict management. In this case, it relates to the problem of stalemate. In this approach, each party involved is asked to identify the objectives which it perceives as relevant to it in considering any...

In his presidential address, October 1998 on Formative and Early Years of the Peace Science Society (International), it was not possible for the author to include a number of important items required for a full appreciation of the setting and the organizational dynamics of that critical period,...

This working paper speaks of "art and science" of nuancing conflicts in an unusual manner. We use the word "art" specifically to designate non-scientific factors. But when we employ the term "art and science" we have in mind the use of non-economic factors, for example diplomatic know-how and...

It is unnecessary for us to point out that there has emerged a new type of warfare that is employed by terrorist organizations and that the continued and even greater poverty conditions of many regions of the world contribute to the growth of the terrorists' activities. This negative outcome has...