Arms control efforts tend to proceed through highly formalized and very visible direct negotiations between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. There is evidence, however, that even when political and technological conditions might otherwise produce agreements, this formal process itself tends to impede the...

This paper attempts to provide a foundation for the development of a systematic Jewish approach to mediation and conflict resolution, anchored in the analysis of behavior, as distinct from theoretical norms and messianic longings, as reflected in Jewish texts – the Bible, Talmud, early and...

The vast majority of nation states today are no longer ethnically homogenous and the maintenance of inter-group cohesion is considered to be a significant challenge to policy makers. This is the case in Israel, where social tensions between disparate groups of Jews and tensions concerning the...