Peace first : a new model to end war / Uri Savir.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.

Foreword / Shimon Peres -- Foreword / Dennis Ross -- Introduction. Making Peace in a World at War -- Pt. I. The Challenge: Archaic Peace -- 1. Old-Fashioned Peacemaking -- 2. The Oslo Roller Coaster: A Mixed Model -- Pt. II. A New Model: The Four Pillars of Modern Peace -- 3. Participatory Peace and Glocalization -- 4. Peace Ecology -- 5. Peacebuilding -- 6. Creative Diplomacy -- Pt. III. The Modern Process: Steps to Lasting Peace -- 7. The Peace Barometer -- 8. Peacemakers -- 9. Planning -- 10. Negotiation -- 11. The Peace Treaty -- 12. Implementation -- 13. International Roles and Reforms -- Pt. IV. On the Ground: Pax Mediterraneo -- 14. Peace in the Mediterranean Basin: What Will It Take? -- 15. Cities and Youth -- 16. Human Rights and Peace Education -- 17. Joint Economic, Social, Environmental, and Tourism Ventures -- 18. Borders, Security, and the International Community -- Conclusion: A New Vision for 2020 -- Afterword / Abu Ala (Ahmed Qurei).

"Uri Savir has an ambitious goal: to bring peacemaking into the 21st century. "Little in today s world," writes Savir, "is more progressive than modern warfare. Yet little is more archaic than peacemaking." We remain trapped in a centuries-old mindset, with leaders bargaining warily for concessions and signing treaties that collapse because no one on the ground has any real stake in them." "Drawing on his experiences negotiating the Oslo Peace Accords as well as on trenchant examples from Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Northern Ireland, and the former Yugoslavia, Savir argues that an enduring peace is built from the bottom up, not from the top down. He describes a new model based on establishing and nurturing mutually beneficial forms of cooperation beginning on the local level, city-to-city and organization-to-organization." "This process of "glocalization" - involving local actors in global issues - is the first step toward constructing a peace ecology: a comprehensive transnational culture dedicated to breaking down the psychological and social barriers between former enemies. These efforts are furthered through the establishment of joint ventures that give each side a tangible stake in maintaining peace. Diplomacy still has a role, but it must reject maneuvering for gain and instead emphasize the advantages both sides will gain with the cultivation of lasting peace."--BOOK JACKET.