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Joe Markowitz /
But Obama did play the role of mediator in this situation. His acknowledged biases, being a friend of Gates, and having made a comment in Gates's favor, did not preclude him acting as a mediator. Since a mediator, unlike a judge or arbitrator, does not decide the dispute for the parties, he does not need to be impartial in the same sense as a judge or arbitrator. He only needs to disclose his own biases. Not only in convening the beer summit, but in his whole approach to governance, Obama displays classic mediator techniques, as I and others have noted. http://www.mediate-la.com/2009/05/president-sounds-like-mediator.html
Joe Markowitz /
But Obama did play the role of mediator in this situation. His acknowledged biases, being a friend of Gates, and having made a comment in Gates’s favor, did not preclude him acting as a mediator. Since a mediator, unlike a judge or arbitrator, does not decide the dispute for the parties, he does not need to be impartial in the same sense as a judge or arbitrator. He only needs to disclose his own biases. Not only in convening the beer summit, but in his whole approach to governance, Obama displays classic mediator techniques, as I and others have noted. http://www.mediate-la.com/2009/05/president-sounds-like-mediator.html
Syed Qamar Afzal /
By all accounts, negotiation or mediation skills seem to have been the required deserts of the best diplomats;yet to comment on President Obama's ability regarding a mediator, I would like to say that Obama's astuteness in this regard largely depends on how far he becomes instrumental in dealing/tackling with the Taliban issue.