The International Relation of United States

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Alexander L. George, the Stanford Professor Emeritus' article on "Strategies for Preventive Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution" is an important contribution to political science. In particular, the paper provides a critical analysis of skillful management of state affairs, its limits, and possibilities. In his article, George makes an appropriate sensitivity for rational argumentation, judgment, and responsible political leadership in making decisions pertaining to foreign policy. As an author who has contributed widely to crisis management, presidential decision-making, preventive democracy, coercive democracy, deterrence theory, and case study method, George, in his article, provides an authoritative source of information on how to establish an academic scholarship for the decision-making process. The article discusses the topic of strategies for preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution. The paper's topic is based on the practical application of the strategies. It reflects the work the author has completed for the Washington DC Committee on International Conflict Resolution of the National Academy of Sciences and the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. This practical approach further adds value to the article as readers gain important insights into dealing with conflict and diplomacy.[Alexander, George L, “Strategies for preventive diplomacy and conflict resolution: Scholarship for policy-making,” Cooperation and Conflict 34, no.1 (1999):9-19] [George, 15]
George's article covers a range of topics surrounding the view that in the new geopolitical environment created in the post-Cold War era, scholars need to acknowledge the role of conflict resolution and preventive diplomacy in achieving effective statecraft. Secondly, the author discusses ways of achieving this objective by calling upon scholars ...