The mediation dilemma

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Label

The mediation dilemma

Statement of responsibility

Kyle Beardsley

Creator

• Beardsley, Kyle, 1979-
• Beardsley, Kyle, 1979-

Subject

• Mediation, International
• Pacific settlement of international disputes
• Peace-building
• Conflict management
• Diplomatic negotiations in international disputes

Language

eng

Summary

Mediation has become a common technique for terminating violent conflicts both within and between states; while mediation has a strong record in reducing hostilities, it is not without its own problems. In The Mediation Dilemma, Kyle Beardsley highlights its long-term limitations. The result of this oft-superficial approach to peacemaking, immediate and reassuring as it may be, is often a fragile peace. With the intervention of a third-party mediator, warring parties may formally agree to concessions that are insupportable in the long term and soon enough find themselves at odds again. Beardsley examines his argument empirically using two data sets and traces it through several historical cases: Henry Kissinger's and Jimmy Carter's initiatives in the Middle East, 1973-1979; Theodore Rooseveltʹs 1905 mediation in the Russo-Japanese War; and Carterʹs attempt to mediate in the 1994 North Korean nuclear crisis. He also draws upon the lessons of the 1993 Arusha Accords, the 1993 Oslo Accords, Haiti in 1994, the 2002 Ceasefire Agreement in Sri Lanka, and the 2005 Memorandum of Understanding in Aceh. Beardsley concludes that a reliance on mediation risks a greater chance of conflict relapse in the future, whereas the rejection of mediation risks ongoing bloodshed as war continues. -- Book jacket

Member of

• Cornell studies in security affairs
• Online access with EBA: JSTOR
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Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

327.1/7

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

JZ6045

LC item number

.B43 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography

Series statement

Cornell studies in security affairs