By Andrés Allemand Smaller (La Tribune de Genève)
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Negotiate with the devil.
This is what is debated, precisely at a time when Vladimir Putin has sent his soldiers to invade Ukraine and they are accused of terrible war crimes.
It is under this provocative title that a book is published this Wednesday by Éditions Textuel which lifts the veil on the dilemmas and pitfalls of mediation in armed conflicts.
A little-known world, as revealed by the Geneva author Pierre Hazan, adviser to the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, one of the main organizations active in this field.
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Useful idiots, manipulated, accomplices of the worst?
Always on the razor's edge, we discover the perpetual risk experienced by mediators who try to extract from the belligerents compromises likely to save human lives.
Pierre Hazan talks about the importance of developing an “
ethics of responsibility
” to evolve in his quest for the lesser evil, particularly in Ukraine.
Belligerents do not seriously engage in peace negotiations as long as they believe they have more to gain on the battlefield.
Pierre Hazan, conflict mediator and author of the book "Negotiating with the Devil"
No attempt at negotiation could stop...
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