Louis Kriesberg is Director of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 712 Ostrom Ave., Syracuse, N.Y. 13244. A professor of sociology at Syracuse, Kriesberg is the author of numerous publications, including 
Consequences of Efforts at De-escalating the American-Soviet Conflict,
Journal of Political and Military Sociology (Fall, 1986).
Editor's Note: An article by Professor Kriesberg will appear in the January 1988 issue ofNegotiation Journal in which he compares international negotiations that do and do not result in de-escalating agreements and examines explanations for those differences.