Synopses & Reviews
Few scholars have attempted to evaluate critically the role mediators play in managing international conflicts. Thomas Princen examines where mediation fits in the larger realm of diplomatic practice, going beyond the usual state-centric focus to account for the mediating activities of a wide range of actors-from superpowers to small states, from international organizations to nongovernmental groups.
Originally published in 1992.
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Review
"This book is a 'must read' for students of international negotiation and conflict resolution. Princen has systematically examined a dimension of international negotiation that traditionally has been explored primarily by historians and the legal profession, namely, the role mediators play in managing international conflict."--Linda P. Brady, American Political Science Review
Review
"In the context of international politics, Princen provides enlightening answers to how intermediaries learn, how they develop their role, and how they function in the context of both the international system and domestic politics. The work draws from extensive contemporary research in the field of conflict resolution and will replace Oran R. Young's The Intermediaries: Third Parties in International Crises (1967) as the definitive text."--Choice
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"Princen's book is an excellent--indeed, outstanding--work of its kind.... [Policymakers], like scholars, can draw on such work most profitably to deepen their understanding of this important international process."--Alan James, Survival
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | |
| Preface | |
Pt. 1 | The Nature of Intermediary Intervention | |
Ch. 1 | Introduction: Intermediaries in International Conflict | 3 |
| The Prevalence of Intermediary Intervention | 4 |
| The Function of Intermediaries in International Conflict Management | 7 |
| Intermediary Influence and the Study of International Relations and Negotiation | 12 |
| Conclusion | 16 |
Ch. 2 | Third Parties: Principals and Neutrals | 18 |
| Third-Party Interests and Capabilities | 19 |
| The Target of Intervention | 23 |
| Impediments to Reaching Agreement | 27 |
| The Neutral's Dilemma | 29 |
| Conclusion | 30 |
Ch. 3 | The Bases of Intermediary Influence: Reconfiguration, Proposal Making, and Information Pooling | 32 |
| Bargaining Structure | 32 |
| Third Parties and the Structure of the Bargain | 36 |
| Conclusion | 44 |
Ch. 4 | The Intermediary's Decision Problems: Entry and Exit | 46 |
| Direct Negotiations | 47 |
| Intervention Question | 47 |
| Intermediary Interests | 48 |
| Entry Decision: Gaining Control | 51 |
| Exit Decision: Urging Agreement | 54 |
| Conclusion | 59 |
Ch. 5 | The Disputants' Decision Problems: Acceptance, Initiation, Role Bargaining | 60 |
| Acceptance | 60 |
| Initiation | 63 |
| Role Bargain | 64 |
| Conclusion | 66 |
Pt. 2 | Intermediary Intervention in Practice: Principal Mediators | |
Ch. 6 | Camp David: Jimmy Carter Mediates between Israel and Egypt, 1977-1979 | 69 |
| The Case | 70 |
| Analysis of Carter's Intervention | 86 |
| Conclusion | 104 |
Ch. 7 | Portsmouth: Theodore Roosevelt Mediates between Russia and Japan, 1904-1984 | 107 |
| The Case | 108 |
| Analysis of Roosevelt's Intervention | 122 |
| Conclusion | 129 |
Pt. 3 | Intermediary Intervention in Practice: Neutral Mediators | |
Ch. 8 | Vatican: Pope John Paul II Mediates between Argentina and Chile, 1978-1984 | 133 |
| The Case | 133 |
| Analysis of the Vatican Intervention | 162 |
| Conclusion | 183 |
Ch. 9 | Biafra: The OAU, the British, and the Quakers Mediate in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 | 186 |
| The Case | 187 |
| Analysis of the Biafra Interventions | 199 |
| Conclusion | 211 |
Ch. 10 | Conclusion | 214 |
| The Practice of Intermediaries | 216 |
| The Challenge of Intermediary Intervention | 219 |
| Notes | 227 |
| Bibliography | 253 |
| Index | 261 |