Standard conflict management studies treat individual conflict management attempts, whether the same or different techniques, as independent of one another across time and space. This article considers the implications and lays out research agenda for several configurations that relax that...

Efforts to resolve interstate disputes are often characterized by repeated engagement and evolving strategies. What explains a state’s decision to continue conflict resolution efforts but escalate their management strategy? Drawing from foreign policy literature, I argue that third...

Gibt es einen "Krieg der Kulturen" zwischen dem Westen und dem Islam? Die einen sagen, wir sind bereits mitten in diesem Krieg, die anderen hoffen, den Konflikt durch einen Dialog der Kulturen entschärfen zu können. Amartya Sen zeigt in seinem Buch, daß die falsche Illusion einer einzigen...