As the threat of superpower confrontation diminishes in the post-cold war era civil wars and their regional ramifications are emerging as the primary challenge to international peace and security. Notoriously difficult to resolve these internal conflicts seem condemned to escalate with no end in sight. This book recognizes that internal dissidence is the legitimate result of the breakdown of normal politics and focuses on resolving conflict through negotiation rather than combat. Elusive Peace provides a revealing look at the nature of internal conflicts and explains why appropriate conditions for negotiation and useful solutions are so difficult to find. The authors offer a series of case studies of ongoing conflict in Angola Mozambique Eritrea South Africa Southern Sudan Lebanon Spain Colombia Afghanistan Sri Lanka and the Philippines. They examine the characteristics of each confrontation including past failed negotiations and make suggestions for changes in negotiating strategies that could lead to a more successful outcome. The contributors in addition to the editor are Imtiaz Bokhari Bilkent University Ankara; Robert Clark George Mason University; Marius Deeb and Marina Ottaway Georgetown University; Mary Jane Deeb American University; Francis Deng Brookings; Daniel Druckman National Academy of Sciences; Todd Eisenstadt University of California San Diego; Daniel Garcia University of the Andes Bogota; Justin Green Villanova University; Carolyn Hartzell and Donald Rothchild University of California Davis; Ibrahim Msabaha Center for Foreign Relations Dar es-Salaam; and Howard Wriggins Columbia University. . Language: English