The Neemrana Process.
The rise of the insurgency in Kashmir in 1990s prompted the Gates mission to New Delhi and Islamabad, for laying the ground work for track two dialogues between India and Pakistan. U.S. was alarmed with upcoming nuclear rivals. One of Robert Gates’ proposals was to promote a “non-official dialogue” so that the two sides might communicate even when official communications break down. The WORLDNET dialogues and the Neemrana dialogue series had their origins in a series of regional Dartmouth type seminars moderated by Harold Saunders
The Nemraana process was initiated with a view to create an alternative way of making communication and bilateral dialogues even at the time when official communications are stranded. The forum is one of the successful track two initiatives between India and Pakistan. Neemrana fort in Rajasthan, India, was the venue for the first unofficial dialogue between the two countries in October 1991.Issues such as Kashmir, nuclear proliferation, the conventional arms race and economic relations easing of visa restrictions, cultural exchanges, trade, opening of the media and industrial cooperation between India and Pakistan have been on the agenda of the Neemrana dialogue. The process was supported explicitly when both governments granted visas to the participants on the priority basis.
The participants operate under two fundamental principles. First, they maintain the secrecy of the dialogue by not discussing the meetings with media. Second the participants do not discuss history during the meetings. An important aspect was added in the year 1994 by including professionals into the dialogue. These professionals on the two sides brought ideas of cooperation...
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...esist change, making it difficult to reach new understandings on ways to think and act on regional challenges.
Because of long-standing nationalistic attitudes, it is difficult to find individuals who are willing and able to think more broadly about a range of regional issues. However , the majority of participants are usually amenable to forging contacts and hearing new perspectives, as there is a good deal of self-selection involved in dialogue processes (true hard-liners would find little reason to sit at the table with the adversary)
Not only is there a barrier between official and unofficial thinking, but many officials who are aware of track two activity have “expressed a disinterest bordering on contempt for involvement of outsiders described in one discussion as ‘naïve meddlers and amateurs lacking the skills and information to manage sensitive issues”.
The thesis, or the main idea of the book, is that by using specific communication techniques, we can turn difficult discussions into productive learning conversations.
The basis of this paper is to review and examine specific principles and theories of cooperation and argument management as reflected by a specific story of the Middle East peace process within the named article. The article is entitled "The Wounds Of Peace," by Connie Bruck. This, of course, is one individual author's perspective, yet, nevertheless, it is the view of this author that much of the content is historically factual and accurate, with a definite sense of individual perspectives as purported by the author. To the greatest extent, this author shall attempted to meet those requirements as per the related principles and theories of negotiation and conflict management. Similarly, this will take place within the context of the Middle East peace process, guided within a specific time and place. To a large extent, this author should also like to state that his perspectives will emanate from those theories and principles which are rooted within negotiation and conflict management. Probably, no where else on this Earth (with the possible exception of Northern Ireland) are the principles and theories of negotiation and conflict management more contentious than those that exist within the Middle East
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To examine various discourses, it is crucial that the idea of discourse and the way in which discourses operate is clear. A discourse is a language, or more precisely, a way of representation and expression. These "ways of talking, thinking, or representing a particular subject or topic produce meaningful knowledge about the subject" (Hall 205). Therefore, the importance of discourses lies in this "meaningful knowledge," which reflects a group’s ideolo...
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