Asymmetric Information, Mediation, and Conflict Management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6411033 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert W Rauchhaus (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 207-241 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/wp.2006.0027 |
| OpenAlex | W2145528995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 90 |
| References cited | 37 |
This article examines mediation in conflicts using both a game-theoretic model and a quantitative analysis. The game-theoretic model suggests that mediator effectiveness rests primarily on the ability of third parties to provide critical information about the disputants’ reservation points. The empirical analysis finds that mediation that targets asymmetric information is a highly effective form of conflict management. Moreover, the results suggest that mediation outperforms other forms of third-party intervention, including those that entail coercion. Both the model and quantitative analysis indicate that impartial mediators will generally outperform biased ones. Along with providing new information on conflict management, the quantitative analysis also has broader implications for IR theory. The results provide empirical support for the rationalist claim that asymmetric information is one of the root causes of war
Coercion (linguistics · Conflict management · Economics · Intervention (counseling · Mediation · Political science · Positive economics · Quantitative analysis (chemistry · Reservation · Computer Science · Conflict Management and Negotiation · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Game Theory and Applications · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
Mediation in International Conflicts
Blueprints and Blind Spots
Nested insider-partial mediator
Structural bias, polarized mediation and conflict resolution failure
Inefficient Concessions and Mediation
Composing Peace
Securitization Revisited
Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution
International Negotiation
Context, Process, and Structure
Mediated Audience Costs
Changing capabilities, uncertainty, and the risk of war in crisis bargaining
Identity, bargaining, and third-party mediation
Bombing to Bargain? The Air War for Kosovo
The Conflict Management Efforts of Allies in Interstate Disputes
Leanings and Dealings
When Mediators Need Machines (and Vice Versa)
Regional Influences on Mediation Behavior
The EU as a Multi-Mediator
The Challenge of Forging Consent to UN Mediation in Internationalized Civil Wars
Cultural Similarity and Mediation Offers in Interstate Conflicts, 1945–1995
Multiparty Mediation Networks and Civil War Mediation Outcomes
Conditions for Successful Multiparty Mediation in Separatist Armed Conflicts
External Interventions
In Search of the Golden Formula
Third-party knowledge and success in civil war mediation
Any port in a storm
Transborder identities, bias, and third-party conflict management
Peace is in the air
How mediator leadership transitions influence mediation effectiveness
Bias and the Effectiveness of Third-Party Conflict Management Mechanisms
International Mediation, Selection Effects, and the Question of Bias
Fear of rejection
Will we see helping hands? Predicting civil war mediation and likely success
Failing to succeed? The cumulative impact of international mediation revisited
Disentangling bias
Intervention in Conflicts from a Network Perspective
Conflict management capabilities of peace-brokering international organizations, 1945–2010
Escalation in international conflict management
Strategic forum selection and compliance in interstate dispute resolution
The UN at the peacemaking–peacebuilding nexus
Secrecy and Self-Interest
Intervention Without Leverage
The Conditional Effectiveness of Directive Mediation
Peace from the Inside
Helping without hurting
Complementary mediation
Empirical Studies in International Mediation
New routes to power
Bias and balance in civil war mediation
The women and men that make peace
What’s going on next door? Irregular leader change in neighboring countries, uncertainty, and civil war
Leader similarity and international conflict
Exploring the Threshold between Conflict Management and Joining in Biased Interventions
Great Power Intervention and War
The Curse of Coercive Mediation
Pain, pressure and political cover
When Is Shuttle Diplomacy Worth the Commute? Information Sharing through Mediation
The Effectiveness of International Arbitration and Adjudication
Barriers to Coordination? Examining the Impact of Culture on International Mediation Occurrence and Effectiveness
The selection and signaling effects of third-party intervention
Mediation in the shadow of an audience
Peacekeeping Effectiveness and Blue Helmets’ Distance from Locals
Bargaining and the Interdependent Stages of Civil War Resolution
Who Brings Which Peace
Third-Party Conflict Management and the Willingness to Make Concessions
Please Help Us (or Don’t)
Does Private Information Lead to Delay or War in Crisis Bargaining
Arms, Intelligence, and War
The Impact of State Relationships on If, When, and How Conflict Management Occurs1
A Supply Side Theory of Mediation1
Commercial Diplomacy and Political Risk
African Solutions to African Challenges
No way out? Opportunities for mediation efforts in the Donbas region
The Diplomacy of War and Peace
Rationalist Approaches to Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Information, Agreement Design, and the Durability of Civil War Settlements
Agreement without Peace? International Mediation and Time Inconsistency Problems
Disaggregating Mediations
How Norms Matter in Mediation
UN intervention and the duration of international crises
Impeding fatal violence through third-party diplomacy
Relative rebel strength and the onset and outcome of civil war mediation
Introducing the Civil Wars Mediation (CWM) dataset
Bargaining, Bias and Peace Brokers
Domestic uncertainty, third-party resolve, and international conflict
Why many cooks if they can spoil the broth? The determinants of multiparty mediation
Talking peace
When Can Mediators Build Trust
Should Peacemakers Take Sides? Major Power Mediation, Coercion, and Bias
Essays in positive economics
In the Shadow of Power
Strategic Information Transmission
International mediation in theory and practice
Perception and Misperception in International Politics
Collective Security in a Changing World
Sherfacs
Rigor or Rigor Mortis? Rational Choice and Security Studies
Ripe for Resolution
Controlling Small Wars
Intermediaries in international conflict
The Limits of Humanitarian Intervention
International Mediation
Peaceful Settlement of Disputes by the United Nations and Other Intergovernmental Bodies
Committing to Peace
Theory of international politics
Choosing to Intervene
The Value of Biased Information
Mediation Style and Crisis Outcomes
An Empirical Test of The Audience Cost Proposition
In the Nick of Time
Rationalist explanations for war
Third-party techniques for preventing conflict escalation and promoting peaceful settlement
The Critical Barrier to Civil War Settlement
War as a Commitment Problem
Which Side Are You On? Bias, Credibility, and Mediation
Bargaining and Learning While Fighting
Stepping Into the Fray
Explaining Bargaining Impasse
Rational Mediation
Some Conceptual Issues and Empirical Trends in the Study of Successful Mediation in International Relations
When Can Mediators Build Trust
The Power to Hurt
| Unique citing works | 90 |
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| Citations per year | 4,5 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 90 |