Content

List of figures

List of tables

Notes on the Contributors

Acknowledgements

The PIN Program at the IIASA

Introduction: negotiating with terrorists – who holds whom hostage?

GUY OLIVIER FAURE AND I. WILLIAM ZARTMAN

PART I

How to negotiate: kidnapping the kidnappers

1. Guidelines for negotiating with terrorists

LAURENT COMBALBERT

2. Quantitative and qualitative aspects of kidnapping and hostage negotiating

ALEX P. SCHMID AND P. FLEMMING

3. Supping with the Devil

DAVID PINDER

PART II

Practical/tactical: freeing the hostages

4. Terrorist negotiation strategy in Lebanon

KAREN A. FESTE

5. Negotiating in Beslan and beyond

ADAM DOLNIK

6. Negotiating visible and hidden agendas

VICTOR KREMENYUK

7. Negotiating the grand swap in Kandahar

P. SAHADEVAN

8. Conclusion: lessons for action

GUY OLIVIER FAURE AND I. WILLIAM ZARTMAN

References

Index