TY  - BOOK
AU  - NEUMANN Peter R
TI  - Negotiating with terrorists
PY  - 2006///
KW  - TERRORIST GROUPS
KW  - NEGOTIATIONS
KW  - COUNTERTERRORISM
N2  - Although the standard position of democratic governments around the world is "never talk to terrorists" in practice there are plenty of examples where negotiations have taken place. This paper considers how such secret back-channels come about and considers the factors that influence governments to follow courses of action that apparently contradict their publicly stated positions
ER  -