DNEAE-C10: The Twenty First Century: Structure and Negotiation §

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I. Introduction §

• Effects of personality on the process of negotiation
  • Egotiation: self-image & prestige of negotiator for his/her own country
    • Preserving own country’s face and image is more important than the outcome
  • Dynastic/state ego: is important to preserve to keep own’s position & status in international community

II. Closure of the First World War §

1. Outer Ring §

• Middle powers were influential in negotiations (more trilateral negotiation)
  • Big power needs middle states to manage small states
  • Poland as buffer between Germany and Russia to prevent accidental conflicts
• Germany didn’t regain lost territories or compensations like others
  • It was the instigator

2. Inner Ring §

• French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau: (Patriotic, passionate leader, national interests) his hatred of Germany blinded his decision in making the solution
  • Claimed massive reparation from Germany
• British Prime Minister David Lloyd George: formulaic rather than principles, positive viewer
  • able to convince others?
• US’s President Woodrow Wilson: idealist, had hard understanding of Realpolitik, fourteen-point plan
  • Always think about world peace: League of Nations

III. Opening and Closure of the Second World War §

• Catagorizing negotiation based on the number of participants is a useful thing but it is hard to do so
  • Problem of multilateral negotition:
    1. Slow process
    2. Complex of issues
  • Possible solution
    1. Having good framework
    2. Equipped with skill in managing complexity
    3. Coalition bring counterbalance of power
  • Good site of bilateral negotiation
    • Speedy process
    • Less complex
• Munich Negotiation, 1939

IV. During the Cold War §

V. Conclusion §