New Approaches to Old Conflicts

John Kilcullen, Aaron Wolf, Yossef Ben-Meir | World Politics Review | 2010-01-28

When conflicts grow old, so too do the lenses through which we look at them, limiting our ability to find solutions.  By questioning assumptions, radically rethinking methods, or simply expanding the range of inputs, we can't guarantee success. But we can alter the habits of thought that prevent it. WPR examines, New Approaches to Old Conflicts.

Palestine: Another Approach

By John Kilcullen
Various solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been proposed -- the "Jordanian option" (or "no state" solution), the "one state" solution, and so on. But for the present, at least, the "two state solution" still seems to most observers to be the best prospect. While bilateral negotiations remain at a standstill, U.S. President Barack Obama should try a new move to get a two-state solution off the ground.

Possible Futures for Transboundary Water Resources

By Aaron Wolf
Water management is, by definition, conflict management. With multiple interest groups at odds with one another in the fight for an increasingly diminished resource, water management becomes an opportunity to restructure transboundary relationships.

Morocco's Decentralization and the Western Sahara

By Yossef Ben-Meir
Moroccan King Mohammed VI is attempting to decentralize his kingdom in hopes of curtailing secessionist sentiments in Western Sahara. Using a decentralization model that has been successful in other parts of the world, Mohammed VI plans to make local governments more accountable.

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