Talking Peace: International Mediation in Armed Conflicts

Wallensteen, Peter; Svensson, Isak

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“…El acceso a recursos económicos puede causar divisiones en los grupos armados y llevar a una fragmentación de los mismos, que puede dificultar los intentos de negociación de paz. También puede generar nuevos agravios y por ende nuevas fuentes de conflicto (Wallensteen 2014;Ballentine 2003).…”

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“…En primer lugar, varios autores coinciden en que no es posible discernir un momento maduro con criterios objetivos (p. ej. Svensson 2014). Como lo destaca Fernando Chinchilla, los contextos de guerra se caracterizan por la incertidumbre, por lo que las percepciones de las partes cobran más relevancia que la situación objetiva en la que se encuentran.…”

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Estudios de paz y conflictos

2022

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Esta obra provee un panorama amplio del campo de los estudios de paz y conflictos. Está dirigida a un público tanto académico como profesional. Abarca temas que van desde las teorías sobre el surgimiento y la evolución de los conflictos hasta el mantenimiento de la paz, la negociación y la mediación, la construcción de paz y la acción noviolenta. Aborda tanto el estudio de los conflictos armados o conflictos sociopolíticos que podrían tornarse violentos como las respuestas a estos conflictos, y los procesos de Resistencia noviolenta. Se basa en una profunda revisión de la literatura en el campo, así como en las reflexiones de la autora con base en su experiencia práctica en el campo. El libro intenta reflejar una variedad de perspectivas que dan cuenta de la naturaleza interdisciplinaria del campo y toma en consideración estudios con distintas metodologías. Además, busca vincular la teoría y los conceptos con ejemplos concretos e incorpora estudios de caso que permitan entender cómo las discusiones teóricas se relacionan con la práctica. A esto se agrega el uso de figuras y cuadros que permiten visualizar cómo se aplican las teorías y los conceptos, ilustrarlos con ejemplos y examinar tendencias. Así, se espera que esta obra sea un referente para los estudios de paz y conflictos a nivel teórico y práctico en el mundo hispanohablante.

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Estudios de paz y conflictos

2022

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“…Many studies have sought to evaluate the effect of third-party mediation on conflict (Kleiboer, 1996; Wallensteen & Svensson, 2014). In this article, I measure mediation effects in the form of a reduction in conflict intensity, that is, whether mediation reduces the number of fatalities.…”

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Impeding fatal violence through third-party diplomacy: The effect of mediation on conflict intensity

Ruhe

2020

Journal of Peace Research

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Existing research provides no systematic insights into if and how mediation impedes battle-related deaths. Therefore, this article presents a temporally disaggregated analysis and assesses the effect of mediation on monthly fatal violence. The article predicts that adversaries evaluate opponents’ trustworthiness from both fighting and negotiation behavior. It argues that reducing fighting intensity during negotiations is a sign of cooperation, which can be negotiated by mediators to build trust. Over the course of mediation, the content of negotiations provides information about how genuinely a conflict party is interested in conflict resolution. Only if mediation achieves negotiation of core incompatibilities will conflict parties be willing to reduce fighting intensity. Under these conditions, information revealed in a mediation process can build trust and substantively reduce violence. An empirical analysis of all African conflicts between 1993 and 2007 supports this prediction and shows that on average mediation is followed by substantive and lasting reductions in fatal violence, if mediation discusses the conflict’s main incompatibility. In contrast, mediation on other topics is associated with a small, fleeting reduction in violence. Data of battle-related fatalities in Syria during negotiations as well as qualitative evidence further support the theoretical mechanism and the model prediction. The study concludes that mediation can reduce conflict intensity substantively, if it achieves exchange between conflict parties on the main conflict issues.

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“…Both instruments were rarely used until the early 1980s, and mainly in interstate rather than intrastate wars. From the 1980s onward, and especially in the post-Cold War period, mediation and peacekeeping in intrastate wars have become more common (Heldt & Wallensteen, 2007; Wallensteen & Svensson, 2014). Mediation is now arguably the most common form of conflict management during violent periods (Bercovitch & Gartner, 2006), though peacekeeping has grown dramatically in size and significance (Heldt & Wallensteen, 2007; Kathman, 2013).…”

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“… 1 The literature is by now extensive; for example, Bercovitch & Gartner (2006), Clayton (2013), Dorussen (2014), Doyle & Sambanis (2006), Fortna (2008), Goldstein (2011), Hultman, Kathman & Shannon (2013, 2014), Kathman & Benson (2019), Ruggeri, Dorussen & Gizelis (2017), and Wallensteen & Svensson (2014). …”

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The effectiveness of mediation and peacekeeping for ending conflict

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Dorussen

2021

Journal of Peace Research

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Mediation and peacekeeping are commonly used tools to manage conflict. To what extent are they complementary and effective instruments for ending violent conflicts? Generally, they are seen as distinct tools: mediation aims to facilitate negotiated settlements, while the goal of peacekeeping is to prevent agreements from collapsing. However, peacekeeping and mediation regularly occur simultaneously. Arguably, peacekeeping operations rely on continuing political processes, while peacekeepers create a context favorable for mediation and provide a valuable source of independent information. Using a variety of model specifications, including selection models, empirical evidence supports that (a) mediation rather than peacekeeping is key to halting hostilities, (b) mediation and peacekeeping are largely complementary, but (c) this complementarity is conditional: in the post-Cold War period, transformative peacekeeping boosted the effectiveness of mediation to halt civil wars. There is no evidence that peacekeeping on its own matters for ending conflict. Finally, counterfactual analysis shows the substantial impact of mediation and peacekeeping on the frequency of conflict.

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Talking Peace: International Mediation in Armed Conflicts

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Estudios de paz y conflictos

Estudios de paz y conflictos

Impeding fatal violence through third-party diplomacy: The effect of mediation on conflict intensity

The effectiveness of mediation and peacekeeping for ending conflict

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