
THE POLITICAL IMPERATIVE 111
Coping with the PoliticalImperative
If you sense that the political imperative is strongly at work in
your negotiation, you need to develop strategies and tactics that
will allow both you and your counterpart to deal with it. Gener-
ally, use the approach recommended by Franc
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ois de Callie
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res: find
a means to harmonize the political interests of the government ne-
gotiators with your own interests in doing the deal. Here are a few
coping strategies:
Strategy 1: Involve Third Parties in the Negotiation or
in the Deal
One way to deal with the political imperative in certain negotia-
tions is to involve a third party in the