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Secrecy and Self-Interest: When Mediators Act Deceitfully

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  • Babak RezaeeDaryakenari
  • Cameron G. Thies

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3rd party intervention in interstate conflict is a common strategy for mitigating conflict and obtaining a final agreement. However, not all mediations are successful, leading to the development of a rich literature on the mechanisms which decrease the probability of failure in a 3rd-party intervention. Within this literature, some studies examine how a mediator’ behavior and incentives affect the result of the mediation. Virtually all these studies assume that the mediator is virtuous such that peace is the most desired outcome of a conflict for her. However, this study challenges this assumption and contends that a mediator can gain benefit from the conflict between disputants. If this benefit is adequately large to overcome the benefits of peace, then the mediator has enough incentive not to conduct the mediation toward a peaceful outcome. We develop a signaling game model to study this issue formally and test the proposed hypothesis empirically.

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  • Babak RezaeeDaryakenari & Cameron G. Thies, 2018. "Secrecy and Self-Interest: When Mediators Act Deceitfully," International Interactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(4), pages 603-630, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ginixx:v:44:y:2018:i:4:p:603-630
    DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2018.1406931
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    1. Marius Mehrl & Tobias Böhmelt, 2021. "How mediator leadership transitions influence mediation effectiveness," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 38(1), pages 45-62, January.

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