02397cam a2200433 i 4500 rnd000000000093985 RAND 950426s1995 caua 000 0 eng d 95012013 0833016369 RAND/MR-499-USIP (Sirsi) a375847 $20.00 paperback CstmoR CstmoR aw----- JX1961.M628 .D37 1995 Darilek, Richard E. author. A crisis or conflict prevention center for the Middle East / Richard E. Darilek. At head of title: The Greater Middle East Studies Center Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1995. xvii, 39 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Introduction -- Candidate objectives -- Historical approaches to crisis prevention -- The possibilities -- Concluding observations. In a theoretically based discussion of possibilities for crisis or conflict prevention, especially as they relate to the historic Arab-Israeli conflict, this report specifies objectives, considers past approaches and precedents, and combines the two to identify likely candidates for crisis prevention--arguably, the key objective in the case of the Middle East. In applying its analysis to that region, the report stresses the importance of encouraging interested parties from the Middle East to select, tailor, and pursue approaches that are already available to meet their particular crisis prevention objectives, as well as to begin the selection process by specifying those objectives for themselves. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Conflict management Middle East. Pacific settlement of international disputes. Middle East Foreign relations. Middle East Military relations. United States Institute of Peace. Greater Middle East Studies Center (Rand Corporation) Rand Corporation. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR499/ 597495 597495