I. William Zartman is Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. His books include Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse and Negotiation and Conflict Management.

Mark Anstey is Emeritus Professor at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and was a professor with Michigan State University in Dubai from 2008 to 2011. He has also taught in several South African universities. Involved in promoting peace in South Africa, he served as Director of Monitoring (Eastern Cape) for the Independent Electoral Commission in the country's historic 1994 elections.

Paul Meerts is Advisor to the Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations at Clingendael. He is a visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges), the University of Economics (Prague), and the UNESCO Institute for Water Education (Delft).

All three editors are on the Steering Committee for the Processes of International Negotiation Network at the International Institute for Applied Systems.

Mark Anstey
Human Resources and Labor Relations Program
Michigan State University at Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Franz Cede
Department of Diplomacy
Andrassy-University in Budapest
Budapest, Hungary

Tassos Coulaloglou
Clingendael, Netherlands

Moty Cristal
NEST Consulting
Ramat Hasharon, Israel

David Cunningham
Department of Political Science
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

William Donohue
Department of Communication
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Fen Osler Hampson
The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jannie Liljia
Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden

Ariel Macaspac Penetrante
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Laxenburg, Austria

Fedor Meerts
The Processes of International Negotiation Program
The Netherlands Institute of International Relations
Clingendael, Netherlands

Paul Meerts
The Processes of International Negotiation Program
The Netherlands Institute of International Relations
Clingendael, Netherlands

Erik Melander
Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden

Frida Möller
Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden

Frank Pfetsch
Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research
Department of Political Science
University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany

Jesús Romero-Trillo
Department of English Studies
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Madrid, Spain

Jay Rothman
The ARIA Group
Yellow Springs, Ohio

Joshua Smilovitz
International Crisis Group
New York, New York

Ervin Staub
Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Massachusetts

Peter Wallensteen
Department of Peace and Conflict Research
Uppsala University
Uppsala, Sweden

I. William Zartman
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins University
Washington, District of Columbia

Marie-Joëlle Zahar
Department of Political Science
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

"This well-edited collection is a sophisticated, timely, state-of-the-art analysis of a notoriously difficult set of conflict management issues. Both scholars and practitioners will find it seriously useful in helping identify which of the legion of identity-difference situations around the world have the potential to turn murderous, and what kinds of diplomatic intervention are most likely to be successful in preventing and reacting to such catastrophes." -- Gareth Evans, Co-Chair, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty; President Emeritus, International Crisis Group; Former Foreign Minister of Australia; and author of The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All

"The positive notion of identity has far too often been exploited by forces aiming to aggravate tensions between groups of different religions or ethnic backgrounds. In my own mediation work in Africa and the Middle East, I have often noted how the dimension of identity complicates and prolongs the search for solutions. This book contains a number of sharp and valuable analyses and ideas on how to prevent identity issues from creating fear and escalating into genocide. It is of high relevance to both national and international actors involved in or affected by identity challenges." -- Jan Eliasson, Former President of the United Nations General Assembly and Former Minister for Foreign Affairs in Sweden

"William Zartman is one of the greatest scholars of conflict resolution and violence prevention. This book, with excellent collaboration, is the culmination of his superb scholarship on this crucial topic and will be valuable on a worldwide basis." -- David A. Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York; DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Scholar, Weill Cornell Medical College; and Visiting Scholar, American Association for the Advancement of Science

"In this theoretically rigorous edited volume, prominent scholars of conflict resolution and violence prevention offer insight as to how and under what conditions negotiation can be used as an effective tool for combating violent identity conflicts in different sociocultural settings. This erudite book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of conflict management and resolution. Summing Up: Highly recommended." -- N. Entessar, University of South Alabama, CHOICE