An earlier study by Druckman et al. (1999) showed that a variety of cases of international negotiation can be distinguished
in terms of their objectives. A set of 16 features of negotiation effectively distinguished—by multidimensional scaling (MDS)—among
the types of international negotiation objectives proposed by Iklé (1964). The features include aspects of the parties, issues,
process, negotiating environment, and outcomes. The statistical analyses performed in that study showed a distinct profile
for each of the Iklé categories: innovation, re-distribution, extension, normalization, and side effects. In addition, a sixth
category was identified as being different than the others. This category was referred to as multilateral regime negotiations,
a form that became prevalent twenty years after Iklés book appeared. These results were further supported by discriminant
analysis classifications. When only information about the 16 features were known, 78 % (or 21 of 27 cases) were placed in
the correct a priori category. These are impressive results. They provide empirical validation for this well-known typology
of negotiation. In this chapter, an attempt is made to extend these analyses in several directions with the help of sophisticated
methodological approaches not previously used to interpret data on negotiation.