The Politics of Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-First Century World

Abstract

Conflict resolution provides strategies for resolving disputes amicably, preventing one side from controlling the other, and attempting to meet everyone's human needs rather than favouring one side. In keeping with the positive goal of peace psychology, conflict resolution can be seen as a set of tactics intended to support the satisfaction of everyone involved in a conflict's basic needs for safety, identity, self-governance, and general quality of life. There are prescriptive models of conflict resolution that suggest a set of steps that mediators and negotiators should take in order to successfully resolve disputes, as well as descriptive models that show how they usually behave. The vast body of research on conflict resolution ideas and methods will not be covered in this paper. Rather, it aims to explain how conflict resolution differs from other conflict approaches, go over the fundamental ideas, introduce one particular model, and analyse the parallels and discrepancies between it and other models. The applicability of such a model will also be discussed, along with whether many conflict resolution techniques' mostly Western origins limit their efficacy in other cultural situations. It will look into some of the epistemological stances that guide conflict resolution research and practice. Finally, this paper will highlight areas needing further development if conflict resolution is to effectively address the intricate challenges of the twenty-first century.