Impasse solutions --- Yes and I would also add that success in negotiation is not always well understood. My example is again Myanmar where two groups, who were well known to each other and had long standing grievances were effectively inhibiting our ability to support a particular group (not related to these two parties). We engaged each separately, because they would not meet, and attempted to find a point of resolution. In short we failed with neither party yielding. However strangely, following our efforts the two groups did meet each other (without our involvement), and suddenly we had a clear path to the group we were aiming to reach. We logged our efforts as a failure, but who knows what impact our efforts had in achieving the ultimately successful outcome. I guess never give up, and always keep trying.

Source author: Shane Wilkes swilkes4129@gmail.com