Talking to the enemy : track two diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia / / Dalia Dassa Kaye.

This monograph examines regional, multilateral track two dialogues in the Middle East and South Asia that are focused on arms control and other cooperative security measures. Unofficial policy discourse, or track two diplomacy, is an increasingly important part of the changing international security...

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Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (167 p.)
Notes:"MG-592-NSRD"--P. [4] of cover.
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Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking track two diplomacy
  • Key issues and questions
  • The state of the field
  • A normative framework
  • Defining track two
  • Applying track two
  • A regional focus
  • Historical precedents
  • Comparing the Middle East and South Asia
  • Roles for track two dialogues
  • Socialization of participating elites: creating a constituency for regional cooperation
  • Filtering: making others' ideas your own
  • Transmission: turning ideas into new policies
  • Limits of track two dialogues
  • Regional security dialogues in the Middle East
  • Introduction
  • Overview of dialogues
  • UCLA and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
  • The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
  • The search for common ground
  • Depaul University
  • United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
  • Cooperative Monitoring Center
  • Canadian-sponsored maritime activities
  • The U.S. Geological Survey and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: regional seismic monitoring cooperation project
  • European-sponsored activities
  • Gulf security track two forums
  • Roles
  • Socialization
  • Filtering
  • Policy impact
  • Limits
  • Elites
  • Domestic constraints
  • The regional environment
  • Conclusion
  • Regional security dialogues in South Asia
  • Introduction
  • Overview of dialogues
  • Neemrana process
  • Balusa group
  • Kashmir Study Group (KSG)
  • Shanghai process
  • Stimson Center dialogues
  • CSIS meetings on nuclear risk reduction centres (NRRCs)
  • Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories
  • Maritime activities: the confidence and cooperation in South Asian Waters Project
  • Roles
  • Socialization
  • Filtering
  • Policy impact
  • Limits
  • Elites
  • Domestic constraints
  • Regional environment
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion
  • Central arguments
  • Regional comparisons
  • Regional lessons
  • Improving track two dialogues
  • Expand the types of participants
  • Create or strengthen institutional support and mentors for track two activities
  • Localize the dialogues
  • Bibliography.