OVERCOMING CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL VIOLENCE WITH NEGOTIATIONS

Abstract

The need to examine the subject of this paper has appeared due to the circumstances of political violence and conflicts’ intensification in the modern world. Contemporary political violence, conflicts and the arms race are the result of a change in the appearance of the international scene of the twenty-first century in comparison to period of the Cold War. New patterns of relations and institutions emerge, and the legitimacy of the state is called into question. Possibilities for overcoming violence through negotiations by removing tensions between the parties over mutually incompatible requirements before they escalate to extreme forms will be outlined. The great social danger of the devastating consequences of contemporary political violence requires the determination of the right communication patterns to address them. Negotiations in the case of political violence are aimed at overcoming unsolvable contradictions that are often a global threat. Ethical aspects and styles of crisis communication that are conducive to adequately convey messages and needs will be highlighted. In order to resolve any conflict, it is necessary that, through negotiations, each party replaces its firm stance with a softer one, which is more suitable for taking into consideration some other preferences, values or needs.The success of overcoming political violence is measured by the quantity of reduction in conflict intensity and increase of tolerance. Tolerance opens the way for the creation of integrated communities where conflicts are replaced by civilized behavior, which globally intensify peace processes.