Should Peacemakers Take Sides? Major Power Mediation, Coercion, and Bias
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3399245 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katja Favretto (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 248-263 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055409090236 |
| OpenAlex | W2099003075 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 82 |
| References cited | 65 |
This paper focuses on powerful third parties whose interests in a conflict are closely aligned with a single disputant's interests. I show that such third-party bias reveals private information about an intervener's willingness to secure an agreement using force. When a highly biased power intervenes in a crisis, a peaceful settlement is likely because warring parties are certain the third party will enforce an agreement by military means. When an intervener shows less favoritism, negotiations tend to fail because the disputants doubt that it is committed to use force. Peace is again more likely when the third party is unbiased because such a party behaves as a mediator, seeking agreements both adversaries find acceptable. These findings, coupled with evidence from U.S. and British interventions in the Balkans, suggest a possible explanation for why major power intervention can bring about drastically different outcomes
Business · Coercion (linguistics · Intervention (counseling · Law and economics · Mediation · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Power (physics · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Third party · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
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