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The Chinese Journal of International Politics 2007 1(4):589-622; doi:10.1093/cjip/pom011
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© The Author 2007.

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of International Conflict Mediation Strategies

Qi Haixia*

*Corresponding author. Email: oceanqi@126.com

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

War and peace, cooperation and conflict, are recurring themes within the study of international relations, whose scholars constantly grapple with the problems of ameliorating disputes and lessening conflict. International mediation, among the various methods existent of resolving international conflict, is regarded as the most effective.1 This article compares the outcomes associated with various mediation strategies, and assesses the actual effectiveness of international mediation.


   Introduction
 
International Mediation is, ‘a way of peacefully resolving international disputes which involves a third party's direct involvement in negotiations between the parties to the dispute, with the goal of encouraging the parties to make concessions, or through the use of diplomatic channels propose a plan for resolution of the conflict which the parties might take into consideration and ultimately adopt’.2 A general consensus as regards the effectiveness of international mediation in diffusing conflict emerged early in the history of IR studies.3 As, eminently, not all attempts at . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   A Game Theoretic Analysis of the Relative Effectiveness of the Strategies
 

   A Comparison of the Short-term Outcomes of Three Different Strategies
 
Analysis of the Short-term Effects of the Directive Strategy

Analysis of the Short-term Effectiveness of the Communication Facilitation Strategy

Analysis of the Short-term Effects of the Procedural Strategy

Equilibria of the Short-term Outcomes


   A Comparison of the Long-term Outcomes of the Three Strategies
 
Analysis of the Long-term Effectiveness of the Directive Strategy

Analysis of the Long-term Effectiveness of the Communication Facilitation Strategy

Analysis of the Long-term Effectiveness of the Procedural Strategy

Long-term Equilibria


   A Statistical Analysis of the Three Strategies
 
A Comparison of the Short-term Outcomes of International Mediation


   Case Studies on the Effectiveness of the Three Different International Mediation Strategies
 
Suez Canal Crisis—Short-term Effectiveness of the Directive Strategy

The Six-Day War and the Rogers Plan: Procedural Strategy—Moderate Effectiveness over the Short-term

Ramadan War and Shuttle-Bus Diplomacy: Poor Short-term Effectiveness of the Procedural Strategy

(1) The Fourth Arab-Israeli War and US and Soviet Efforts towards a Ceasefire.

(2) Kissinger's Shuttle-bus Diplomacy.

Camp David Accords — Moderate Long-term Effectiveness of the Procedural Strategy

A Comparative Analysis of the Cases


   Conclusion
 

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