Accession Number:

AD1026086

Title:

Styles of International Mediation in Peace Processes Between States and Terrorist Organizations

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States

Personal Author(s):

• Henon,Santiago A.

Report Date:

2016-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

85.0

Abstract:

As a conflict management strategy, mediation has offered a way to abate or resolve conflicts, and it is a solid alternative to escalating hostilities. Most academic works analyze mediation by studying the mediators roles and behavior, and such study is facilitated by the use of categories or typologies. This thesis seeks to identify an additional method known as the styles of mediation. Because international mediation has been used in terrorism conflicts, this thesis explores the styles of international mediation that have been employed in peace processes between states and terrorist organizations, and uses the Israeli-Palestinian, Northern Ireland, and Sri Lankan peace processes as case studies. Two specific styles of mediation are suggested personalistic mediation and institutionalized mediation, both strongly linked to the frameworks under which the mediation is exercised.

Descriptors:

• international law
• international relations
• intergovernmental organizations
• national security
• foreign aid
• negotiations
• foreign relations
• culture (social sciences)
• department of state
• public policy
• united nations
• counterterrorism
• diplomacy
• Sri Lanka
• Ireland
• Israel
• peacekeeping
• international organizations
• INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS
• case studies

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE