Author Grades Republican Presidential Candidates on Peace (PR Web)
Douglas E. Noll, author of the new book Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts (Prometheus 2011), grades the Republican presidential candidates on negotiation, mediation, and diplomacy using the principles in his new book. Elusive Peace is an in-depth analysis showing through historic example, why peace negotiations fail. "My book explains the neuropsychology, philosophy, and behavioral aspects of peace making. Peace mediation is a science and takes a highly sophisticated set of skills," Noll says.

Noll wrote the book as a way to educate citizens, voters, politicians and diplomats about the science of mediating peace, and to begin a national forum of beginning in-depth conversations about world conflict, involvement in war, and teach peacemaking options.

Noll has formulated an analysis and summary about where each Republican Presidential candidate stands on the issue of peace in an effort to teach voters where the candidates stand on peace and international diplomacy.

"In Elusive Peace I point out that peace making is tedious and takes skill and patience. Military force is often counter productive if peace is the goal. When a political candidate promotes strong military force, he is not revealing a plan, rather a reaction to an event," Noll explains.

According to the principles in Elusive Peace, creating a common ground between opposing sides is paramount to developing trust. If a Presidential hopeful talks about needing a strong necessity before engaging in war, then you can conclude that war is not the first choice in a conflict," Noll says.

"My book teaches readers that side taking and finger pointing is counter productive to peacemaking. If a Presidential candidate uses language that portrays his viewpoint of the world in terms of black and white, and good and evil, I would be concerned that war and employing military force might be the first choice of action in areas of conflict," Noll explains.

"If a candidate is amenable to understanding the nuances of negotiating peace and opposes the idea of America's military as a world police force, and they have a pragmatic way to balance a draw down of forces, he is more likely to follow the principles of effective peace negotiation," Noll says.

Noll’s analysis came from hours researching Republican Presidential hopeful’s transcripts, articles, and appearances over the last two years.
Read his latest blog about specific candidates and their stands on international conflict: http://ping.fm/in1jz

Douglas is a nationally recognized mediator, international peace advocate and speaker. He hosts The Doug Noll Show, a weekly radio program dedicated to giving a voice to international peacemakers. His current pro bono project is training murderers committed to life sentences in the largest women’s prison in the world to become peacemakers and mediators. Noll is interviewed by columnists, journalists, and radio hosts for his advice and commentary on world events as they relate to conflict and resolution.

Noll was recently selected from a worldwide search as one of 194 mediators to be included in the International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediation.

He is an author of the books Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts (Prometheus, Spring 2011). Doug has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America by U.S. News & World Report and is a Northern California Super Lawyer in Alternative Dispute Resolution. As Noll became interested in international mediation efforts Noll observed that international mediators, for the most part, were inexperienced in the science and art of mediation. Political leaders, diplomats, special envoys, and retired generals are often appointed to a job for which they are not trained nor have sufficient aptitude. Elusive Peace shows why we can no longer afford to allow political, diplomatic, and military leaders mediate peace accords. They simply don’t know what they are doing. For more information visit http://ping.fm/wwbi5 For media inquiries contact Diane Dennis, Inspired Media Communications (http://ping.fm/UW4lx)