Oliver Ramsbotham is Emeritus Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford and President of the Conflict Research Society. He is co-author of the bestselling and hugely popular survey of the field Contemporary Conflict Resolution, now in its fourth edition.

�This well-informed and nuanced analysis offers one of the most incisive treatments of the Israel/Palestine conflict available. Among books in the field, there is really nothing quite like it.�Alan Dowty, University of Notre Dame �When Conflict Resolution Fails extends Ramsbotham�s groundbreaking work on �radical disagreement�. Using the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as its main case, it describes a form of �extended conflict resolution�, built around ideas and practices of �strategic engagement�, that challenges our understanding of the role of third parties and proposes what may be, ethically, the outer limits of conflict resolution itself. An important and necessarily sobering book.�Kevin Avruch, George Mason University

• PART I ARGUMENTCHAPTER 1 LESSONS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF FAILUREConflict Resolution and Second Order Social LearningCHAPTER 2 CONFLICT RESOLUTON AND ITS ENEMIESThe World in 2015: Trends in global violenceCHAPTER 3 WHY CONFLICT RESOLUTION FAILSLinguistic intractability and radical disagreementCHAPTER 4 AN ALTERNATIVE TO NEGOTIATION AND DIALOGUEEngaging radical disagreement in intractable conflictPART II CASE STUDYCHAPTER 5 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR POSSESSORSWhy should Israel give up anything?CHAPTER 6 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR CHALLENGERSHow can Palestinians transform the status quo?CHAPTER 7 STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENTThe Israeli Strategic Forum, the Palestine Strategy Group, and the Palestinian Citizens Of Israel GroupCHAPTER 8 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR THIRD PARTIESPrincipled Negotiation, Strategic Negotiation and the Kerry InitiativePART III IMPLICATIONSCHAPTER 9 EXTENDED CONFLICT RESOLUTIONOther phases, other levels, other conflictsCHAPTER 10 EXPLORING RADICAL DISAGREEMENTTaking agonistic dialogue seriouslyCHAPTER 11 UNDERSTANDING RADICAL DISAGREEMENTIs there a theory of radical disagreement?CHAPTER 12 LIVING WITH RADICAL DISAGREEMENTFacing an agonistic future

Oliver Ramsbotham is Emeritus Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford and President of the Conflict Research Society. He is co-author of the bestselling and hugely popular survey of the field Contemporary Conflict Resolution, now in its fourth edition.

�This well-informed and nuanced analysis offers one of the most incisive treatments of the Israel/Palestine conflict available. Among books in the field, there is really nothing quite like it.�Alan Dowty, University of Notre Dame �When Conflict Resolution Fails extends Ramsbotham�s groundbreaking work on �radical disagreement�. Using the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as its main case, it describes a form of �extended conflict resolution�, built around ideas and practices of �strategic engagement�, that challenges our understanding of the role of third parties and proposes what may be, ethically, the outer limits of conflict resolution itself. An important and necessarily sobering book.�Kevin Avruch, George Mason University

• PART I ARGUMENTCHAPTER 1 LESSONS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF FAILUREConflict Resolution and Second Order Social LearningCHAPTER 2 CONFLICT RESOLUTON AND ITS ENEMIESThe World in 2015: Trends in global violenceCHAPTER 3 WHY CONFLICT RESOLUTION FAILSLinguistic intractability and radical disagreementCHAPTER 4 AN ALTERNATIVE TO NEGOTIATION AND DIALOGUEEngaging radical disagreement in intractable conflictPART II CASE STUDYCHAPTER 5 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR POSSESSORSWhy should Israel give up anything?CHAPTER 6 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR CHALLENGERSHow can Palestinians transform the status quo?CHAPTER 7 STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENTThe Israeli Strategic Forum, the Palestine Strategy Group, and the Palestinian Citizens Of Israel GroupCHAPTER 8 STRATEGIC THINKING FOR THIRD PARTIESPrincipled Negotiation, Strategic Negotiation and the Kerry InitiativePART III IMPLICATIONSCHAPTER 9 EXTENDED CONFLICT RESOLUTIONOther phases, other levels, other conflictsCHAPTER 10 EXPLORING RADICAL DISAGREEMENTTaking agonistic dialogue seriouslyCHAPTER 11 UNDERSTANDING RADICAL DISAGREEMENTIs there a theory of radical disagreement?CHAPTER 12 LIVING WITH RADICAL DISAGREEMENTFacing an agonistic future