Words Over War

The international community can creatively and aggressively address deadly conflict through mediation, arbitration, and the development of international institutions to promote reconciliation. The editors of this book designed a systematic framework with which contributors compare third party intervention in twelve conflicts of the post-Cold War period. They examine the role of international organizations-the United Nations, international development banks, and international law institutions-and they analyze the tools and forms of leverage in successful and unsuccessful mediations.

The international community can creatively and aggressively address deadly conflict through mediation, arbitration, and the development of international institutions to promote reconciliation. The editors of this book designed a systematic framework with which contributors compare third party intervention in twelve conflicts of the post–Cold War period. They examine the role of international organizations—the United Nations, international development banks, and international law institutions—and they analyze the tools and forms of leverage in successful and unsuccessful mediations. Based on the case studies, the editors identify the most effective institutions, make recommendations for improving interventions, and elucidate several important insights into the mediation process and the role of the international community in dispute resolution.

Chapter 1 Introduction: Background and Analytical Perspectives
Part 2 Part One: Separation of Nations
Chapter 3 Multilateral Mediation in Intrastate Conflicts: Russia, the United Nations, and the War in Abkhazia
Chapter 4 From Lisbon to Dayton: International Mediation and the Bosnia Crisis
Chapter 5 Croatian Independence from Yugoslavia, 1991–1992
Chapter 6 The Oslo Channel: Benefits of a Neutral Facilitator to Secret Negotiations
Part 7 Part Two: Integration of Nations
Chapter 8 The 1991 Cambodia Settlement Agreements
Chapter 9 El Salvador
Chapter 10 The Role of Mediation in the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Chapter 11 The Arusha Accords and the Failure of International Intervention in Rwanda
Chapter 12 South Africa: The Negotiated Transition from Apartheid to Nonracial Democracy
Part 13 Part Three: Intermediation in Noncivil Conflicts
Chapter 14 Making Waves: Third Parties and International Mediation in the Aral Sea Basin
Chapter 15 The Vatican Mediation of the Beagle Channel Dispute: Crisis Intervention and Forum-Building
Chapter 16 The North Korean Nuclear Proliferation Crisis
Part 17 Part Four: Conclusion
Chapter 18 Lessons of the Case Studies for International Mediation and Arbitration to Prevent Deadly Conflict