About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

26 Int'l Negotiation 1 (2021)

handle is hein.intyb/intnegb0026 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION 26 (2021) 1-4          Intemnational
BRILLNegotiation
BRILL
N IJ H O F F                                                       brillcom/iner
Best Practices in Track Two Diplomacy
PeterJones
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Ottawa Dialogue,
University of Ottawa, 120 rue Universite, Rm FSS-6058, Ottawa, Ontario,
KIN 6N5, Canada
Peter.Jones@uOttawa.ca
Received 21 December 2019; accepted 10 June 2020
Abstract
While Track Two Diplomacy has been intensively researched since its founding some
6o years ago, much remains to be done to explore important gaps in our understanding
of these dialogues. Track Two presents unusual research problems, given its operation-
al and often confidential nature. The contributions to this special issue of International
Negotiation tackle some of the key issues confronting the field in an effort to present
where we stand in terms of best practices and where further thought and research
is required.
Keywords
Track Two Diplomacy - Multi-Track Diplomacy - Track 1.5 - controlled communication
- conflict management - conflict resolution - conflict transformation
It has been six decades since John Burton and his colleagues first convened un-
official workshops on conflicts in South East Asia and developed the concept
of controlled communication to describe their work. It has been almost four
1 Peter Jones is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International
Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He is also the Executive Director of the Ottawa Dialogue,
an organization based at the University which runs Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues around the
world. He is the author of Track Two Diplomacy: In Theory and Practice (Stanford University
Press 2015)

© KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2020 1 DOI:10.1163/15718069-25131256

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most