round table talks
Equal-footing discussions
Round table talks are negotiations or discussions where participants meet as equals, without the hierarchy implied by seating arrangements.
The term evokes King Arthur's legendary table, where no seat held precedence.
The format suggests open dialogue and mutual respect: Round table talks between labor and management produced a compromise.
Often shortened to round table.
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- peace processEfforts to end hostilities
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
Camp David · delegates · compromise · dialogue · back channel · mediation · behind closed doors · ceasefire · treaty · accord · armistice · olive branch · envoys · neutral · Geneva · mediator · good faith · adversaries
- 1989 RevolutionsVelvet Revolution, Berlin Wall fall, Singing Revolution, Walesa, Iron Curtain
- Communist PolandCommunist era, People's Republic, Solidarity, Walesa, state surveillance
- Hungary 1989democratic transition, regime change, free elections, border opening, Iron Curtain
round table talksdiktat
Unilateral authoritative decree
ultimatum · decree · edict · fiat · unilateral action
round table talksmonologue
Uninterrupted solo address
proclamation · pronouncement · declaration · lecture · broadcast
round table talksarmed conflict
Military combat between groups
warfare · military intervention · hostile takeover · coercion · conquest
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