the mediation of internal conflicts can be resolved by linkages with other problems.

There is no shortage of disputes.

The need is not for the creation of new analytical techniques specially designed for the negotiation process, but rather for the creative use of analytical thinking that exploits existing techniques.

A mediator is an impartial outsider who tries to aid the negotiators in their quest to find a compromise agreement.

Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

The party that negotiates in haste is often at a disadvantage.

Game theory, however, deals only with the way in which ultrasmart, all knowing people should behave in competitive situations, and has little to say to Mr. X as he confronts the morass of his problem.