International negotiations

In this dissertation I present a tractable two-level bargaining game involving three actors: a leader; a domestic actor that is able to constrain the leader; and an unconstrained foreign state. The actors attempt to divide a good or to settle a policy conflict, I study how varia…

Understanding and mitigating the consequences of clashing moral perceptions should be an important strategic goal of diplomacy and foreign policy. Personal interviews and primary documents about three cases of negotiation are used to illustrate the dangerous collision of differe…