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This paper, written by John Burton, is a multi-chapter guide to successful conflict resolution practices.

This paper, written by John Burton, tests theoretical ideas of conflict management against the reality of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

This paper outlines the nature of conflict resolution in 22 paragraphs, stresses the crucial role of the third party, and lists the subjects that are covered when training facilitators in conflict resolution practices at the Center for Conflict…

Essay by J. W. Burton, dated May 1981, looking back on the post-war period to assess success and failure in the handling of public policy problems. As a solution Burton proposes the fundamental restructuring of the preparatory and in-service training…

Statement, probably by John W. Burton, explaining why the Geneva conference on Rhodesia - Zimbabwe discussions was a failure and proposing a set of procedures to be followed that would lead to outcomes that would satisfy both parties.

Essay, likely by J. W. Burton, on the shortcomings of traditional methods of teaching Political Science. Instead, an approach is suggested that sifts out what is irrelevant and false and builds on the perceptions and experience of students and makes…

Essay by J. W. Burton, dated May 1981, on the role that independent states might play in resolving the thermo-nuclear problem.

Statement by J. W. Burton, dated February 1980, on Dr. Sakharov as a dissident, and two distinct issues regarding dissidence - firstly, the content of the criticism and, secondly, the treatment of those who criticize and are labeled dissidents.

Statement describing the changing relationship between the Moscow Institute and the Centre for the Analysis of Conflict between 1974 and 1978.

Article published in International Studies Quarterly outlining step by step the procedures required in the resolution of a communal or interstate conflict and providing the theoretical reasons for each. The same techniques are recommended when…