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Formal Analysis of Multilateral Negotiations Over the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea

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  • Majid Sheikhmohammady

    (K. N. Toosi University of Technology)

  • Keith W. Hipel

    (University of Waterloo)

  • D. Marc Kilgour

    (University of Waterloo
    Wilfrid Laurier University)

Abstract

The Evolutionary Model for Multilateral Negotiations (EMMN) is utilized to identify the most likely outcome of the Caspian Sea negotiations. Since 1993, the five littoral states have been negotiating over the legal status of the Caspian Sea but have not reached any agreement, causing a Tragedy of the Commons to unfold. EMMN is a methodology that focuses on asymmetric multilateral negotiations, like those over the Caspian Sea, in which each negotiator seeks to reach the most preferable outcome for which he or she can gain enough support from other negotiators. An advantage of the EMMN approach is that it considers the power of the negotiators as a determining factor in the final resolution. The results of this analysis are compared with those of other studies on Caspian Sea conflict where the powers of decision makers are not taken into account.

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  • Majid Sheikhmohammady & Keith W. Hipel & D. Marc Kilgour, 2012. "Formal Analysis of Multilateral Negotiations Over the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 305-329, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:grdene:v:21:y:2012:i:3:d:10.1007_s10726-010-9195-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s10726-010-9195-5
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