¶ … diplomacy is more likely to work in the de-escalation than the escalation phase. If we have a brief look at the definitions of the two phases, escalation is a phase where "adversaries begin to make greater threats and impose harsher negative sanctions." It is obvious that this phase has left the field of constructive diplomacy. We are no longer talking about negotiations, but about "threats" and "negative sanctions." The de-escalation phase "involves changes within each of the adversaries as well as new forms of interaction between them." The stalemate that has occurred till then makes them more willing to negotiate, so this would be an adequate phase to solve the conflict in a diplomatical manner.
The diplomacy in the de-escalation period should be characterized by small steps towards reducing the tension and towards a gradual normality of the relations between the two parties. Mistrust between the adversaries is another condition that should be taken into consideration. If this hurdle is overcome, the adversaries would find it easier to negotiate because they will be able to trust that the concessions accorded on a diplomatical channel will be carried out. A third thing that should be...
This will move the conflict form the tension area to a more amiable atmosphere and create the premises for a diplomatic meeting.
2. I think the main question that is to be addressed here is whether diplomacy and the other crisis management instruments are complementary or whether they reciprocally exclude the others. Even if ideally, we would like to believe that they exclude each other, they seem to be rather complementary.
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