CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Lubeck, Amber |
|---|---|
| Title | Evaluating Conditions for Successful Negotiation with Terrorists |
| Summary | This paper hopes to build on the work of Audrey Kurth Cronin, specifically looking at cases of ‘resolved conflict’, ‘stable’, or ‘unstable’ negotiations of terrorist groups with governments. With these cases, I hope to build on her research and evaluate additional factors that she omits, to address the question: under what conditions does negotiation lead to resolution of a conflict, or at minimum, a stable conflict classification? I look at the three criteria that I had hoped would influence the success of negotiations: 1) the level of democracy of the country being attacked, 2) the number of attacks and victims were more likely to produce successful outcomes, and 3) whether or not failed states were more likely to have unsuccessful negotiations. At first glance, the criteria appeared to be significant variables in the overall outcome of the negotiation. However, what I found after a closer analysis of the material is that instead of specific criteria acting as individual, significant factors that alter the outcome of negotiation, the criteria do not conclusively suggest a significant or even a necessarily positive impact on the overall outcome of any negotiations. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/lubeck_amber.pdf |
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