Do Conflict Managers Matter?: An Empirical Assessment of Interstate Security Disputes and Resolution Efforts, 1945-1974

Butterworth, Robert Lyle

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“…Few principal mediators are likely to have the leverage or the ability to offer the resources necessary to change the bargaining dynamic between the disputants in ways sufficient to foster agreement between the disputants when it would not otherwise take place. Butterworth (1978) finds that conflict managers were significantly less likely to attempt mediation of superpower conflicts. Similarly, Princen comments that:…”

Section: Disputant Characteristics Factorsmentioning

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Stepping Into the Fray: When Do Mediators Mediate?

Greig

2005

American J Political Sci

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In this article, I analyze the conditions that promote the request, offer, and occurrence of mediation between enduring rivals. Although the mediation literature has devoted considerable attention to the form that mediation takes, the approaches that mediators use, and the conditions under which it is successful, little attention has been given to the conditions under which mediation is most likely to occur. The results of the analysis point to a disconnect among enduring rivalries between the factors that the literature highlights as promoting mediation success and those that promote the onset of mediation. This disconnect is particularly apparent in the conditions that prompt third-parties to offer mediation.

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Section: Disputant Characteristics Factorsmentioning

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Stepping Into the Fray: When Do Mediators Mediate?

Greig

2005

American J Political Sci

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“…By assuming, and not testing, that negotiated settlements lead to greater durations of peace after a dispute, much of the conflict management literature (e.g. Butterworth, 1978;Bercovitch, Anagnoson & Wille, 1991;Dixon & Senese, 2002;Frazier & Dixon, 2006) may be overlooking an important feature of the theoretical framework of recurrent conflict and peace duration.…”

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Settlements, Outcomes, and the Recurrence of Conflict

Quackenbush

Venteicher

2008

Journal of Peace Research

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Despite the hope that the resolution of one militarized dispute will bring peace to a dyad, these conflicts often recur. This recurrence of conflict is particularly important because subsequent disputes within a dyad tend to be more severe than previous ones. However, the factors leading to recurrent conflict remain a matter of debate. While some argue that the settlement of a dispute has a significant impact on post-conflict relations, others argue that the outcome of a dispute is the most important determinant of post-conflict stability. Although evidence has been found to support both views, the relative impact of dispute settlements and outcomes has not been satisfactorily determined. Accordingly, this article simultaneously examines the relationship between settlements, outcomes, and conflict recurrence through survival analyses of the periods of peace following 2,973 dyadic militarized interstate disputes between 1816 and 2001. The authors find that although settlement type is an important predictor of recurrent conflict, with imposed settlements being the most stable, outcome type has no significant effects on post-dispute peace duration. The article concludes with a preliminary analysis of the factors that lead to the varying forms of settlement.

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“…5 5 I examine any course of action taken by a nondisputant aimed at either preventing the further escalation of the conflict or resolving it completely (Dixon 1996; Butterworth 1978). This includes a broad range of activities (Regan 2000).…”

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The Impact of State Relationships on If, When, and How Conflict Management Occurs1

Melin¹

2011

International Studies Quarterly

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This paper examines if, when, and how states act to manage militarized disputes. I argue that the relationship between the third party and disputants, the management history, and the characteristics of the conflict help us understand when management occurs and the management techniques employed. I find substantial evidence that biased third parties are quick to offer management services and to employ economic and diplomatic techniques. Conditions that increase the perceived probability of conflict resolution, such as previous conflict management, and factors that lower the cost of conflict management, such as costly conflict, lead to the timely use of diplomatic and verbal techniques. The findings offer significant contributions to both the conflict management and alliance literatures.In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt met with Russian and Japanese delegates to discuss the Russo-Japanese War, finally mediating after over a year of fighting and an estimated 130,000 casualties (Morris 2001). Conversely, Roosevelt acted immediately when France and Germany collided over the division of Morocco (Roosevelt 1985). While some conflicts, like that between France and Germany, are managed early on, other disputes, such as the Russo-Japanese War, must wait for outside management to occur. Still other conflicts never involve the international community at all. Although the Roosevelt presidency was marked by an active approach to foreign policymaking, 2 the very nature of the foreign policy decision process involves trade-offs, leaving some disputants to resolve differences on their own. Recently, the conflicts of Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sudan continued for prolonged periods without significant intervention despite extensive violence. Why did these conflicts continue while the international community took action in other conflicts before they turned deadly? Is there a systematic explanation of which conflicts receive the interest of outside parties and the timing of conflict management activities? two anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. The participants of the Journeys in World Politics workshop and members of the Working Group on Conflict Prevention also provided helpful suggestions. Sara McKeever, Andrea Morrison, and Jacob Hogan provided valuable research assistance. The Folke Bernadotte Academy provided financial support for the project.2 Roosevelt saw it as the duty of developed nations to help the underdeveloped world move forward. In Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and the Panama Canal Zone, he used the army's medical service to eliminate the menace of the yellow fever and install a new regime of public health. He used the army to build up the infrastructure, building railways, telegraph and telephone lines, and upgrading roads and port facilities.

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Do Conflict Managers Matter?: An Empirical Assessment of Interstate Security Disputes and Resolution Efforts, 1945-1974

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Stepping Into the Fray: When Do Mediators Mediate?

Stepping Into the Fray: When Do Mediators Mediate?

Settlements, Outcomes, and the Recurrence of Conflict

The Impact of State Relationships on If, When, and How Conflict Management Occurs1

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