Deborah Goodwin is a senior lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and a subject specialist in negotiation issues. She has lectured in the UK and internationally on many aspects of negotiation and in March 1999 she organised a conference on negotiation at Sandhurst, which formed the inspiration for this publication

• Part 1 The place of negotiation in the world today: negotiating within cultures - the United Nations and the resolution of civil conflict, Stephen Hill; negotiation in three dimensions - managing the public face of international negotiation, Robin Brown; breaking the impasse - negotiation and mediation strategies, Brad McRae. Part 2 Negotiation and the military: the anatomy of conditionality and linkage - negotiating for life, Stuart Gordon; inequity in outcome - who really wins in a military negotiation?, Deborah Goodwin; civil affairs leads the military into the 21st century, Ashley Stocker; constructing truth - understanding the role of information and mediation within military affairs, Susan C. Driscoll. Part 3 Seeking frameworks: UNPROFOR - an encounter without an outcome, Deborah Goodwin; mediation in Moldova - a case of second-track diplomacy, Keith Webb; why Russians react as they do - how culture and history influence behaviour and responses during negotiation, Alexander Kennaway.