GS232 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Iran Hostage Crisis, Sri Lankan Civil War, Territorial Disputes In The South China Sea
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Context: what we"re interested in international mediation: mediation is widely used for domestic con icts, commercial con icts, personal con icts etc, our interest: international con ict mediation special subset of mediation, deals with international con icts, ex. Ussr mediations between india and pakistan in cold war: domestic (within-state) con icts where there is outside interference, ex. Mediation: no advance commitment to agreement with mediation, parties to con ict can walk away from negotiation/mediation at any time. Arbitration: uses binding judicial process, more court-like process, both parties accept before starting arbitration to accept ruling, ex. Permanent court of arbitration in the hogues, netherlands: iron curtain dispute between belgium and netherlands 2005. When does mediation not work well: con ict parties have absolutist goals, con ict parties demand death of opponent and/or con ict parties willing to see their own demise to achieve their goals, con ict parties dehumanize their other, ex.
