Mediation with muscles or minds? Exploring power mediators and pure mediators in civil wars

International Negotiation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-248

  Svensson, Isak ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Civil war; Diplomatic intervention; Internal armed conflicts; Mediation; Peace agreement; Power sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548944103     PISSN: 1382340X     EISSN: 15718069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/138234007X223294     Document Type: Article

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