2017
DOI: 10.1177/0738894216689560
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Disentangling bias: national capabilities, regime type, and international conflict mediation

Abstract: Existing literature on bias and third-party conflict management mainly focuses on the dichotomy of whether the mediator’s bias as a whole can contribute to mediation onset and outcomes. I argue that we need more specific and disaggregated research on the mediator’s bias because the side on which a prospective mediator’s bias lies may significantly affect the likelihood of mediation onset. Why are some biased mediations initiated by third parties while others are not? By disentangling the mediator’s bias and by… Show more

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“…Evidently, bias represents a useful predictor of the initiation of mediation activities. Linking bias with regime type, Chen found that “mediation is more likely to be initiated if the potential mediator has a closer political relationship with the stronger or the more authoritarian party and that this effect is conditional on the levels of bias” (Chen 2019: 162). Therefore, a useful way to understand the likelihood of mediation onset based on biases that mediators have toward one of the disputing parties is to correlate this bias with existing power asymmetries in a given conflict.…”
Section: When They Say Yes: Offers To Mediatementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evidently, bias represents a useful predictor of the initiation of mediation activities. Linking bias with regime type, Chen found that “mediation is more likely to be initiated if the potential mediator has a closer political relationship with the stronger or the more authoritarian party and that this effect is conditional on the levels of bias” (Chen 2019: 162). Therefore, a useful way to understand the likelihood of mediation onset based on biases that mediators have toward one of the disputing parties is to correlate this bias with existing power asymmetries in a given conflict.…”
Section: When They Say Yes: Offers To Mediatementioning
confidence: 99%