Lessons from the peace talks in Western Sahara
Article presented at the Norwegian peace negotiation conference Oslo Forum 2015.
Published 30 July 2015
The article is written by Catherine Woollard, Dean Bialek and Nick Scott from the diplomacy consultancy organisation Independent Diplomat, presented at the Oslo Forum which took place in June.
See the article on the website of Oslo Forum.
The article can also be downloaded here.
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