| The increase and complexity of intrastate and interstate conflict has become a critical challenge to the field and methods of conflict resolution. In trying to find the best methods of resolving conflicts, various types of diplomacy have been identified. Today, terms such as "formal diplomacy", "track one diplomacy", "track two diplomacy" and "multi-track diplomacy" are common in conflict resolution vocabulary (Diamond & McDonald, 1996; Ziegler, 1984; De Magalhaes, 1915/1988). In order to improve the current diplomatic interventions, Track One and a Half Diplomacy is defined and examined so as to assist conflict resolution practitioners in their interventions. Track One and a Half Diplomacy is defined as public or private interactions between official representatives of conflicting governments or political entities such as popular armed movements, which is facilitated or mediated by a third party not representing a political organization or institution. This study of the factors that facilitate the success of Track One and a Half Diplomacy, revealed that personal and environmental factors are important to the success of Track One and a Half. Among the 42 factors contributed by interviewees, moral integrity and perceived political influence were rated as critical to gaming entry into a Track One and a Half process. Finally it was concluded that the success of a Track one and a Half intervention depends on numbers of personal factors an intervener has, and the intervener's ability to adapt to environmental factors. |
