It
is always a serious mistake to ignore the feelings of each part to a conflict.
Conflicts
do escalate because of feelings, matters of honour, fear of being perceived as
weak, of losing the face, and other issues of national pride and history. The
understanding of is of national interest gets then blurred. The obvious
economic cost of war is disregarded, as it is the human dimension. The flag
becomes more important than the individual.
Mediation
is about finding a way out from such powerful irrationality.
The
UN Secretary-general´s visit to Moscow and then to Kiev is a critical move that
should be seized as a much needed buoy in very choppy waters.
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