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Just How Close Did Israelis and Palestinians Come to a Peace Deal in 2008?

The Negotiators

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The Importance of Constructive Ambiguity in Negotiated Agreements

International leadership from major world leaders was obviously very much important to a number of these agreements. In negotiated agreements, sometimes negotiators would use what we might call constructive ambiguity. This is where parties agree on something that is deliberately vague in order to allow the countries that they represent to sign up to something. For example, this constructive ambiguity allowed multiple countries to sign on ane create momentum in the agreement.

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