Mediation reflects the belief that dialogue will win out over physical violence. On the international stage, this kind of peace-making brings together highly diverse actors and plays out in different ways, above and beyond the shared goal of bringing warring parties to peace.
Drawing on seven deliberately diverse empirical cases (including Georgia, Guatemala, and Sudan), this book proposes a unique typology of post-Cold War international mediation. It sheds light on the way in which mediation unfolds through practices and rules that are very different depending on whether it essentially focuses on politics, society, or expertise.