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Karin Aggestam

Karin Aggestam

Professor | Föreståndare för CMES | Vetenskaplig koordinator för MECW

Karin Aggestam

Mediating Asymmetrical Conflict

Författare

  • Karin Aggestam

Summary, in English

This article examines the characteristics of asymmetrical conflicts and obstacles to negotiation and mediation. Four barriers are elaborated upon: (a) enduring unilateral actions, (b) contested recognition and leadership status, (c) existential and identity-based framing of conflict and (d) conflicting interpretation of implementation. Consequently, intervention in asymmetric conflicts poses a tremendous challenge for international mediators. To gain legitimacy is particularly troublesome since there often exists a huge discrepancy in the expectations of mediation between strong and weak parties. The empirical case of Norwegian and American mediation is analysed as pure and principal mediation. The conclusion is that the two types of mediation do not directly address the question of the asymmetrical nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In sum, international mediation is a double-edged instrument in asymmetrical conflicts - particularly principal mediation, as it may produce counterproductive results.

Avdelning/ar

  • Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

Publiceringsår

2002

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

69-91

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Mediterranean Politics

Volym

7

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Taylor & Francis

Ämne

  • Political Science

Nyckelord

  • Förhandlingar
  • Internationell politik

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1362-9395