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C ONFLICT M ANAGEMENT , P EACE E CONOMICS AND D EVELOPMENT V OLUME 28 P ART B
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MANAS CHATTERJI
BOOKS IN THE SERIES
Military Missions and Their Implications Reconsidered: The Aftermath of September 11th, edited by G. Caforio and G. Kmmel
Managing Conflict in Economic Convergence of Regions in Greater Europe, edited by F. Carluer
Cultural Differences between the Military and Parent Society in Democratic Countries, edited by G. Caforio
Conflict and Peace in South Asia, edited by M. Chatterji and B. M. Jain
War, Peace, and Security, edited by J. Fontanel and M. Chatterji
Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution, edited by G. Caforio, G. Kmmel and B. Purkayastha
Regional Development and Conflict Management: A Case for Brazil, edited by R. Bar-El
Crisis, Complexity and Conflict, edited by I. J. Azis
Putting Teeth in the Tiger: Improving the Effectiveness of Arms Embargoes, edited by M. Brzoska and G. A. Lopez
Peace Science: Theory and Cases, edited by P. Gangopadhyay and M. Chatterji
Advances in Military Sociology: Essays in Honor of Charles C. Moskos (Two Volume Set), edited by Giuseppe Caforio
Arms and Conflict in the Middle East, edited by Riad A. Attar
Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, edited by Benjamin E. Goldsmith and Jurgen Brauer
Conflict, Complexity and Mathematical Social Science, edited by Gordon Burt
Frontiers of Peace Economics and Peace Science, edited by Manas Chatterji, Chen Bo and Rameshwar Misra
Ethnic Conflict, Civil War and Cost of Conflict, edited by Raul Caruso
Governance, Development and Conflict, edited by Manas Chatterji, Darvesh Gopal and Savita Singh
New Wars, New Militaries, New Soldiers? Conflicts, the Armed Forces and the Soldierly Subject, edited by Gerhard Kmmel and Joseph Soeters
Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World, Part 1, edited by Chen Bo, Manas Chatterji and Hao Chaoyan
Cooperation for a Peaceful and Sustainable World, Part 2, edited by Li Junsheng, Chen Bo and Hou Na
Nuclear Disarmament: Regional Perspectives on Progress, edited by P. M. Kamath
Understanding Terrorism: A Socio-economic Perspective, edited by Raul Caruso, Andrea Locatelli
The Evolving Boundaries of Defence: An assessment of recent shifts in defence activities, edited by Renaud Bellais
Business, Ethics and Peace, edited by Luk Bouckaert & Manas Chatterji
Emotions, Decision-Making, Conflict and Cooperation, edited by Urs Luterbacher
Integral Ecology and Sustainable Business, edited by Ove Jakobsen and Laszlo Zsolnai
Disarmament Peace and Development, edited by Reiner Braun, Colin Archer, Ingeborg Breines, Manas Chatterji and Amela Skiljan
How Do Leaders Make Decisions? Evidence From The East And West, Part A, edited by Alex Mintz and Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky
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ABOUT THE EDITORS
Alex Mintz (PhD, Northwestern University) is Provost of IDC Herzliya. He previously served as Dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at IDC, as Director of the Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS), as director of the annual Herzliya Conference Series, as President of the Foreign Policy Analysis section of the ISA, and together with five Nobel Laureates, as a board member of the Center for Conflict Management and Prevention in Sydney, Australia. Professor Mintz was editor-in-chief of Political Psychology for five years and serves on the editorial boards of several other leading journals. He has received numerous awards and accolades, including the 2005 Distinguished Scholar Award given by the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) and the ISA Karl Deutsch Award for the most important contribution to the scientific study of International Relations by a scholar under the age of forty. Mintzs most recent book, The Polythink Syndrome: U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions on 9/11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Iran and ISIS, won the 2017 Alexander George Best Book Award from the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP). He has published ten other books and edited volumes, as well as numerous articles in top journals, the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, the American Journal of Sociology, Political Psychology and the Journal of Conflict Resolution.
Dmitry (Dima) Adamsky is an Associate Professor at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya, and is a Head of the BA Honors Track in Strategy and Decision-making. Prior to joining the school in 2010, he was a pre- and post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University, a visiting fellow at the Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, and a visiting fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies. In addition to his academic career, Dr. Adamsky has held positions in the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the IDF, where he has carried out intelligence analysis and strategic policy planning. In the latter capacity, he served as assistant secretary of the committee charged with formulating Israels national security concept. He has published on international security, strategic studies, cultural approaches to IR, modern military thought, nuclear strategy, and American, Russian and Israeli national security policy in
