Background
Crocker, Chester Arthur was born on October 29, 1941 in New York City. Son of Arthur M. and Clare V.
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During the 1980s, a wave of strife threatened to engulf the nations of Southern Africa. Chester Crocker embarked on an eight-year diplomatic marathon to bring peace to the truculent neighbours. Despite all the obstacles to resolving the complex conflict, the Crocker strategy worked. This narrative tells how peace (almost) came to Angola and why South Africa let Namibia have its independence. This book is aimed at professional diplomats and lay readers alike.
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(Some conflicts seem to defy resolution. Marked by longevi...)
Some conflicts seem to defy resolution. Marked by longevity, recurrent violence, and militant agendas, these intractable conflicts refuse to be settled either on the battlefield or at the negotiating table. The longer they fester, the stronger the international community's inclination to lose heart and to turn away. But, explain the authors of this provocative volume, effective mediation in intractable conflicts is possible―if the mediator knows what to do and when to do it. Written from the mediator's point of view, Taming Intractable Conflicts lays out the steps involved in tackling the most stubborn of conflicts. It first puts mediation in a larger context, exploring why mediators choose or decline to become involved, what happens when they get involved for the wrong reasons, and the impact of the mediator's institutional and political environment. It then discusses best mediation tradecraft at different stages: at the beginning of the engagement, when the going gets very rough, during the settlement negotiations, and in the post-settlement implementation stage. Forceful, concise, and highly readable, Taming Intractable Conflicts serves not only as a hands–on guide for would-be mediators but also as a powerful argument for students of conflict management that intractable conflicts are not beyond the reach of mediation.
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Crocker, Chester Arthur was born on October 29, 1941 in New York City. Son of Arthur M. and Clare V.
Bachelor, Ohio State University, 1963. Master of Arts in International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1969.
News editor Africa Report, 1968-1969. Lecturer American University, 1969-1970. Staff officer National Security Council, 1970-1972.
Director Master of Science in Foreign Service program Georgetown University, Washington, 1972-1978, director African studies Center for Strategic-International Studies, 1976-1981, distinguished professor diplomacy School Foreign Service, 1989-1998. Assistant secretary state African affairs, 1981-1989. James R. Schlesinger professor strategic studies School Foreign Service Georgetown University, since 1998.
Consultant in strategy and negotiation. Chairman Africa working group Reagan campaign, 1980. Coordinator for Africa Bush campaign.
Board directors, National Defense University, United States Institute Peace, Bell Pottinger Communications United States of America, LLC, Universal Corporation, since 2004. Board chairman Good Governance Group.
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Author: High Noon in Southern Africa, 1992, Managing Global Chaos, 1996, Herding Cats: Case Studies in International Mediation, 1999, Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict, 2001, Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases, 2004, Grasping the Nettle: Analysing Cases of Intractable Conflict, 2005, Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World, 2007, Rewiring Regional Security in a Fragmented World, 2011, others. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Member advisory community democratic promotion Department State. Board directors housing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Foundation. Board directors Friends of South African Institute Race Relations, Global Leadership Foundation.
Member Independent Advisory Board World Bank. Member Council Foreign Relations, International Institute Strategic Studies, American Academy Diplomacy, Cosmos Club, Tahawus Club.
Married Saone Baron, December 18, 1965. Children: Bathsheba, Karena, Rebecca.