The Effectiveness of Tracks of Diplomacy Strategies in Third-Party Mediation

Zusammenfassung

After the focus on mediation onset and belligerents’ interactions in the previous two chapters, I now turn to the effectiveness of international mediation and the coordination of interveners. Conflict resolution in inter- or intrastate conflicts has been on the agenda of international relations for a long time, but we know little about the effectiveness of third-party mediation (see Rubin 1981; Bercovitch and Langley 1993; Diamond and McDonald 1996; Dixon 1996; Bercovitch and Houston 2000; Gleditsch and Beardsley 2004; Nan and Strimling 2004; Beardsley 2006; Beardsley et al. 2006; Bercovitch and Gartner 2006a; Regan and Aydin 2006). Bercovitch and Gartner (2006a: 325) emphasize “which mediators use which strategies or resources in which conflicts and with what effects” as a key issue that future studies must examine.