Global Power of Talk: Negotiating America's Interests

by Hampson,Fen Osler

• ISBN13: 9781594519420
• ISBN10: 1594519420
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-09-30
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book explores the uses and limits of the power of negotiation and diplomacy in U.S. foreign policy at a critical juncture in U.S. history. Beginning with the failure of U.S. diplomacy to nip Saddam Hussein's ambitions in the bud prior to the first Gulf War, it argues that a series of diplomatic blunders laid the foundations for the uninhibited use of 'œgun power' over 'œtalk power' for the next two decades. It critically examines missed opportunities in America's handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in both the Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. Looking ahead, it shows how the United States should negotiate with 'œunengageables' like Iran, North Korea, and terrorists wherever they occur.

Author Biography

Fen Osler Hampson is the Chancellor's Professor and Director of The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. I. William Zartman is the Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University in Washington, and member of the Steering Committee of the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN) Program at Clingendael, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Talking
Talk Power for the Tough-Minded	p. 3
How America Lost Its Way: Iraq and Palestine, and the Failure to Use Talk Power	p. 13
The Tools of Talk Power	p. 33
The Proven Success of Talk Power: Lessons from the Middle East	p. 59
Managing
Timely Talk to Prevent Violent Conflict	p. 75
Engaging Unenegageables	p. 89
Taking with Terrorists	p. 105
Taming Intractable Regional Conflicts	p. 117
Teaming
Building "Teams of Rivals"	p. 133
Talking with Friends and Allies	p. 151
Talking Laterally on New Governance Challenges	p. 165
Negotiating America's Interests	p. 181
Notes	p. 189
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 197
Index	p. 205
About the Authors	p. 220
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