Confidence Building Measures In The Middle East
ISBN: 9780429039287
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Subjects: Politics & International Relations; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns;

Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) were pioneered in Europe at the height of the Cold War. The immediate goal of such measures is to create enough trust between parties in international conflicts to avoid mutually unfavourable-sometimes dangerous-outcomes due to misunderstandings. The long-term goal of CBMs is to move the contending parties closer

Gabriel Ben-Dor is Professor of Political Science and former Rector, Haifa University. He is the author of over 70 professional articles and two books, and is contributing editor to three books, including, with David Dewitt, Conflict Management in the Middle East (1987).

David B. Dewitt is Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, and Director of the Centre for International and Strategic Studies. His current research focuses on regional security and conflict management, including evolving security concerns in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East as well as Canadian foreign and security policy. His most recent publication, edited with David Haglund and John Kirton, is Building a New Global Order: Emerging Trends in International Security (1993).


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