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Russia, 1993

Russia, 1993

From: Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy

In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine the 1993 Russian political crisis where President Boris Yeltsin ordered the bombing of the parliament building after dissolving the elected legislature. ; 5 $0.50 Add
Russia and the North

Russia and the North

Russia holds more Arctic territory than any other state, yet unlike other Arctic states it does not have a unified strategy identifying economic and political aims for the North. Russia’s … 232 View
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Russia: Friend or Foe?
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Russia: Friend or Foe?

Part III: A New Cold War?

From: China Unbound

Chapter 8 features reporting from Russia that gathers evidence and points towards potential areas of global conflict with Chinese interests in the region and looks for what can be done to avoid … 27 $2.70 Add
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Russian Rockets

Russian Rockets

From: Family Ties

This chapter focuses on the author’s visit to Western Ukraine in the fall of 2022, and discusses the failed attempts made by Canada and the United States to unite the Global South against … 22 $2.20 Add
Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

From Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction

“… essential reading.” Edward S. Herman An accepted narrative holds that horrible Rwandan Hutu génocidaires planned and executed a satanic scheme to eliminate nearly a million Tutsis after a … 276 View
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S1: The Subject Matter Dimension of Questions

S1: The Subject Matter Dimension of Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

The purpose of the S1: Subject Matter Dimension of Questions is to introduce all the information that is pertinent to the mediation agenda regarding: * The people involved in the conflict * The … 4 $0.40 Add
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S2: The Structure Dimension of Questions

S2: The Structure Dimension of Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

The S2: Structure Questions incorporate the ways in which a question can be structured: either as a closed question or as an open question. Ask a closed question if you are looking for a Yes or a … 5 $0.50 Add
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S3: The Seeking Information Dimension of Questions

S3: The Seeking Information Dimension of Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

The S3: Seeking Information Questions strategically target the information that is required from the parties for the conversations needed for the mediation process. S3 questions directly seek … 12 $1.20 Add
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S4: Cognitive Elements-based Questions

S4: Cognitive Elements-based Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

Cognitive elements-based questions explore inconsistencies (cognitive dissonance) between our cognitive elements, which are: our knowledge; our opinions and thinking; our beliefs, values and … 22 $2.20 Add
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S4: Distinction and Difference Questions

S4: Distinction and Difference Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

Distinction and Difference Questions bring clarity, relevance, measurement, boundary and a different perspective to conflict issues. Asking questions that explore the distinctions and differences … 10 $1.00 Add
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S4: Future Focus Questions

S4: Future Focus Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

After the underlying interests of parties have been reached, and when there is no new information to be gained by continuing the conversation, the mediator asks Future Focus questions to move … 14 $1.40 Add
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S4: Journey of Inference Questions

S4: Journey of Inference Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

Journey of Inference questions take a party through the information they selected during a precipitating event; the interpretations they made about that information; the assumptions they made; … 19 $1.90 Add
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S4: Neuro-Linguistic Programming Questions

S4: Neuro-Linguistic Programming Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

Neuro-linguistic Programming encompasses the three most influential components involved in producing human experience: neurology, language and programming. The NLP model of communication is a … 12 $1.20 Add
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S4: Other People Questions

S4: Other People Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

Other People questions support parties to reflect by exploring an imagined perspective of the other party, a third party, a cultural norm, or hypothetical parties outside the current paradigm of … 12 $1.20 Add
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S4: Reflective Connecting Questions

S4: Reflective Connecting Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

Many of the conflicts that present at mediation are a result of parties’ ingrained patterns of behavior, which do not always serve the purpose for which they were intended. Reflective … 7 $0.70 Add
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S4: Underlying Interests Questions

S4: Underlying Interests Questions

From: The Mediator's Toolkit

Underlying Interests questions delve beneath the conflict positions and demands presented by parties in mediation. They are designed to reach the core of their conflict and discover the things … 35 $3.50 Add