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The Logic of Negotiation (video)

How to get from war to peace

Wars are hard to end. Peace is easy to say but difficult to achieve. In this video, about ten minutes long, I spell out five logics that a successful mediator seeking peace would take into account:

the state of law; the beginning of the war; calculations of the future; paper vs. reality; and ceasefire vs. peace.

I have in mind the present Russo-Ukrainian war. But sometimes it helps to recall the fundamental principles. Please feel free to share this video.

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