Kotarski: Should a state ever consider negotiating with terrorist organizations? And if so, under what circumstances?

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5 June, 2014
By: Kris Kotarski
Columnist for the Calgary Herald

Governments and military leaders have negotiated prisoner exchanges with their enemies since time immemorial. There is nothing strange or unusual about it, even if one applies the “Terrorist Organization” label to one’s enemy.

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