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- Title
Process Peace: A New Evaluation Framework for Track II Diplomacy.
- Authors
Allen, Nathaniel; Sharp, Travis
- Abstract
Track II diplomacy, or unofficial interactions designed to produce ideas, build rela- tionships, and change perceptions, has become a supplement -- and sometimes an alternative -- to traditional diplomacy. Yet practitioners and scholars still debate its effectiveness. Practitioners claim that Track II diplomacy promotes peace but insist that its contributions are intangible and therefore difficult to assess empirically. Meanwhile, scholars maintain that only rigorous empirical evaluation can demonstrate the effect of Track II diplomacy on conflict outcomes. This study seeks to break this impasse in two ways. First, it provides a comprehensive explanation of why Track II practitioners object to evaluation, drawing on personal interviews conducted in eight countries. Second, it proposes a new evaluation framework, which we call the "Process Peace" approach, which better balances practitioner and scholarly equities. Our framework should appeal to readers interested in bridging the gap between the practice and theory of Track II diplomacy.
- Subjects
TRACK two diplomacy; DIPLOMACY; PEACE; INTERNATIONAL relations; DECISION making in international relations
- Publication
International Negotiation, 2017, Vol 22, Issue 1, p92
- ISSN
1382-340X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/15718069-12341349