Focusing on international negotiation, this hands-on text delves into the complexities of multilateralism and its effects on traditional negotiation concepts like bargaining and strategic choice. It features a diverse collection of current real-world cases and examples, enhancing the reader's understanding of key themes and practical applications in the field.
Focusing on crisis management, this book explores the role of third-party mediation in negotiations. It evaluates the effectiveness of various mediation strategies and their impact on resolving conflicts. Through detailed analysis, it aims to provide insights into how mediation can be a critical tool in managing crises, highlighting both successes and challenges faced by mediators in different scenarios.
Meeting Global Challenges through Collective Action
Focusing on the pressing issues of national and human security, the author explores the impact of unstable governments, ineffective conflict management, and climate change. Drawing from extensive experience in conflict mediation, Jon Wilkenfeld emphasizes the importance of leadership, responsibility, and empowerment. He advocates for transforming ambitious goals into tangible results through collaborative efforts, addressing the complexities of multi-ethnic societies and global development. This work highlights the necessity of coordinated action to achieve meaningful progress in international politics.
This book, a primer, serves as an introduction to a devotional practice known as the Rosary means garden of flowers or necklace of beads. The word bead comes from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning prayer. Thus, the rosary is a garden of prayer or a necklace of prayer. After explaining how one prays the Rosary, the author presents eighty reflections on what is known as the Mysteries of the four sets of five mysteries, each with four options for each of the twenty mysteries. Each entry contains a Scripture verse from The Christian Bible (New Testament) that illustrates the mystery under consideration, a Celebrated notation indicating when the mystery appears on the annual liturgical calendar, a short reflection, and a suggested focus for the pray-er in making a personal application of the reflection as he or she mediates on the specific decade of the rosary. Each entry leads the pray-er down a path to deeper insight into the mystery being prayed.
In Greek, the language of the New Testament, there are four words for love—agape, philia, storge, and eros—but no matter what the Greek word is, the English equivalent is always love. The most used Greek word for love in the NT is agape, the noblest word for self-sacrificial love. The second-most used word for love in the NT is philia, brotherly or sisterly affectionate love between equals. The third word for love in Greek is storge, which refers to love that is based in one’s nature, such as the natural affection of parents toward children. The fourth Greek word for love is eros, which does not appear in the NT. It is the love of sexual passion, intimate love, and romantic love. Each entry in all six chapters of this book follows a five-part exercise: (1) title; (2) a short quotation from Scripture; (3) a two-paragraph reflection on the use of love in the quotation; (4) a journal/meditation question to help the reader connect the reflection to his or her own life; and (5) a short prayer. The process is an exercise in spirituality—that is, the way one is in the divine’s presence.