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26 Int'l Negotiation 1 (2021)

handle is hein.intyb/intnegb0026 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION 26 (2021) 1-4 Intemnational BRILLNegotiation BRILL N IJ H O F F brillcom/iner Best Practices in Track Two Diplomacy PeterJones Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and Ottawa Dialogue, University of Ottawa, 120 rue Universite, Rm FSS-6058, Ottawa, Ontario, KIN 6N5, Canada Peter.Jones@uOttawa.ca Received 21 December 2019; accepted 10 June 2020 Abstract While Track Two Diplomacy has been intensively researched since its founding some 6o years ago, much remains to be done to explore important gaps in our understanding of these dialogues. Track Two presents unusual research problems, given its operation- al and often confidential nature. The contributions to this special issue of International Negotiation tackle some of the key issues confronting the field in an effort to present where we stand in terms of best practices and where further thought and research is required. Keywords Track Two Diplomacy - Multi-Track Diplomacy - Track 1.5 - controlled communication - conflict management - conflict resolution - conflict transformation It has been six decades since John Burton and his colleagues first convened un- official workshops on conflicts in South East Asia and developed the concept of controlled communication to describe their work. It has been almost four 1 Peter Jones is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He is also the Executive Director of the Ottawa Dialogue, an organization based at the University which runs Track 1.5 and Track 2 dialogues around the world. He is the author of Track Two Diplomacy: In Theory and Practice (Stanford University Press 2015) © KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2020 1 DOI:10.1163/15718069-25131256