Kurdish conflict continue to unfold, these two cases are particularly important to the study of conflict resolution. In critically assessing existing literature, this book presents an innovative framework for conflict-resolution processes, suggesting that ethno- nationalist conflicts are too complex to be resolved solely through official negotiations. Key Features . Offers an important contribution to conflict- resolution research, theorising the various stages involved in the attempted resolution of asymmetric conflicts . Relies on primary sources, including interviews and recently declassified archival papers to reveal the insights of both peace processes . Presents an innovative framework for conflict resolution, a starting-point for further research on managing peace processes and ethno-nationalist conflicts I. Aytaç Kadioglu is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Adiyaman University.