Composite diplomacy: Canadian foreign policy for modern intrastate war

This project will be directed at effecting change at the level of Canadian foreign policy, by introducing a new peacebuilding strategy, which seeks to combine the technologies of Track I and Track II diplomacies. The project will concentrate on an emerging trend in international conflict: one of social and psychological dimensions within intrastate conflict. Empirical evidence suggests, that although increasing incidents of intrastate violence involving civilian combatants is demanding a shift in the way formal peace negotiations are conducted, modern diplomatic technologies have been unable to keep pace. As such, this project will examine the integration of Track II processes, as a component of Track I peace efforts, applied as a possible framework for future Canadian peace brokering. For the purposes of this study, Track I refers to all formal, legally binding diplomatic efforts, usually negotiated by political elites, while Track II describes all alternative, non-official diplomatic activities conducted by professional conflict resolution practitioners.; The study focuses on two primary points of inquiry: The first being the utility of adopting certain Track II technologies at the Track I level, and second, assessing the feasibility for Canadian implementation of such processes within a new model for Canadian foreign policy. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)...