Sustained Dialogue in Conflicts

Why Sustained Dialogue? PART I: HISTORICAL SETTING AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK The First Half-Century: Setting and Timeline Peace Process: Pre-1982 Roots of Sustained Dialogue Framework for Analysis: Sustained Dialogue as Process PART II: THE FIRST LABORATORY Beginning a Dialogue: Dialogue about Dialogue How to Talk about Problems and Relationships: The Struggle for Dialogue Talking, Listening, and Thinking Interactively: Dialogue Experienced Thinking Together about Acting Together: Sustained Dialogue Takes Shape Conceptualizing the Process PART III: TESTING THE FIVE-STAGE PROCESS OF SUSTAINED DIALOGUE The First Test: Tajikistan Testing the Limits: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh; P.Stewart Arab-American-European Dialogue: Working Together toward a New Relationship between the Arab Region and the West (2001-2007); R.Slim PART IV: SUSTAINED DIALOGUE IN PEACEBUILDING Mini-dialogues and Hybrids in Tajikistan; P.Mullojanov & R.Slim Process, Place, and People: The Three P's of Sustained Dialogue in South Africa; T.Nemeroff Sustained Dialogue Campus Network; P.Parker PART V: REFLECTIONS Evaluation in an Open-ended Political Process: Civic Learning and the Citizen Evaluator Transforming Relationships. . .Designing Change

HAROLD H. SAUNDERS Director of International Affairs at the Kettering Foundation and Chairman and President of the International Institute for Sustained Dialogue.

"As a skilled and outstanding diplomat, Harold H. Saunders knows how to identify problems, and more importantly, how to solve them. In Sustained Dialogue in Conflicts, Saunders has done both. His book defines the deeply divided American culture that threatens the way our democratic politics operate. And it provides a diplomatic guide to a more civil way of resolving political differences so that our country can remain the very best in the world." - James A. Baker, III, former US Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State"Saunders, a leading American political thinker, has an impressive background at the Department of State and then rich experience in the Dartmouth Conference, the longest Soviet/Russian-American informal dialogue. Together we chaired the Task Force on Regional Conflicts in the 1980's. That experiment offered a unique opportunity for candid exchange of views and discussion of scenarios for conflict resolution when that could not be achieved at the government level. Even during the Cold War, Hal and I could find common approaches towards détente in the Middle East, which unfortunately were not realized. Although some episodes in his book can be interpreted differently, I recommend it to all who seek a better understanding of the uneasy history of Russian-American interactions in areas such as the Arab-Israeli conflict." - Evgeny Primakov, former foreign minister and prime minister of Russia"Harold H. Saunders is the master of sustained dialogue, andthis book is a gem in exploring how this challenging and promising modality is currently understood. Many engage in dialogue, but not all of them are able to describe it and theorize it as this book does. Sustained dialogue is now a movement. It is experimented with and practiced in many settings. This will provide further guidance and insights. Hopefully many will keep learning from these very encouraging beginnings." - Andrea Bartoli, director, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George