The mediation dilemma / Kyle Beardsley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beardsley, Kyle, 1979-

Series:

Cornell studies in security affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mediation, International.

Conflict management.

Peace-building.

Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes.

Pacific settlement of international disputes.

Physical Description:

ix, 240 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Beardsley (political science, Emory U.) illustrates the long-term limitations of third-party mediation in international conflicts, especially when leverage is used, using a rational bargaining model of war demonstrated through case studies of Henry Kissinger's and Jimmy Carter's initiatives in the Middle East in the 1970s; Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 mediation in the Russo-Japanese War; Carter's attempt to mediate in the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis; and the 1993 Arusha Accords and Oslo Accords, Haiti in 1994, the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement in Sri Lanka, and the 2005 Memorandum of Understanding in Aceh. He concludes that relying on mediation creates an increased chance of conflict relapse, although rejection of mediation causes ongoing war. He also provides policy recommendations. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The dilemma

Negotiating mediation

Why accept mediation?

Raison d'être : short-term benefits of mediation

The struggle for self-enforcing peace

Mediation in intrastate conflicts

Implications, applications, and conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780801450037

0801450039

OCLC:

726621712