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- Title
Leanings and Dealings: Exploring Bias and Trade Leverage in Civil War Mediation by International Organizations.
- Authors
Lundgren, Magnus; Svensson, Isak
- Abstract
Two characteristics of mediators - bias and leverage - are discussed intensively in the research on international mediation. However, whereas bias and leverage have been examined in mediation by states, relatively little is known about their role in mediation by international organizations (10s). This study provides new ways of conceptualizing 10 bias and leverage and utilizes unique data to measure the impact of 10 bias and leverage on mediation outcomes. Exploring all cases of civil war mediation by 10s in the period 1975-2004, we find that 10s where member states provide support to both sides in a conflict outperform 10s whose member states remain disinterested. 10s with significant trade leverage also increase the likelihood of mediation success. The study demonstrates that 10s rarely have a neutral relationship to civil war combatants, that mediation by 10s is laden with member state interests, and that such interests shape outcomes.
- Subjects
CONFIDENTIALITY in mediation; INTERNATIONAL mediation; INTERNATIONAL conflict; INTERNATIONAL agencies; WAR
- Publication
International Negotiation, 2014, Vol 19, Issue 2, p315
- ISSN
1382-340X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1163/15718069-12341280