'Damned if you do, and damned if you don't': Nordic involvement and images of third-party neutrality in Sri Lanka

International Negotiation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-364

  Höglund, Kristine ^a   Svensson, Isak ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Internal conflict; Mediation; Mediators; Monitors; Negotiations; Norway; SLMM; Sri Lanka; Third party

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749119170     PISSN: 1382340X     EISSN: 15718069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157180608X365235     Document Type: Article

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