• Describe the issues or cause(s) at the root of the conflict. • Identify the ‘positions’ adopted by
• Describe the issues or cause(s) at the root of the conflict. • Identify the ‘positions’ adopted by each of the parties in relation to the issues • Can you identify the ‘Interests’ that each party was seeking to defend (can they be separated out from the ‘positions’ adopted)? • What ‘sources of power’ could/did each of the parties draw upon in the conflict? Who held the ‘balance of power’ and why? • What strategies/tactics/behaviours were adopted by each party to the conflict in an attempt to protect their interests? • By what means was the conflict eventually resolved (if, indeed, it was!)? What was the outcome? Whose interests were served by the eventual outcome? Were there winners and losers? • What were the lasting effects (positive and/or negative) of the conflict? • Finally, can you identify any ways in which this conflict might have been handled differently, that might have produced a more positive outcome?

