Mediation & Dialogue
A Practical Guide to Mediation in Peace Processes
How peace mediation actually works: the main models, the process steps from analysis to implementation, and what separates professional mediators from figureheads.
Mediation and Dialogue in Peace Processes
How mediation and dialogue actually work in peace processes: the tracks, the mediators, the timing, and the craft of getting parties to talk.
Mediation & Dialogue
Mediation Efforts in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Three decades of Nagorno-Karabakh mediation ended in force, not agreement. What the Minsk Group era, the 2020 war and the 2023 exodus teach about timing and guarantees.
Mediation & Dialogue
Private Diplomacy and Crisis Management
Non-governmental peacemakers such as the Crisis Management Initiative reach where states cannot. Research on unrecognised states explains why private diplomacy works.
Mediation & Dialogue
The Qualities of a Good Mediator
Impartiality, patience, cultural intelligence and restraint: what peace process research and the practice of Martti Ahtisaari reveal about the personal qualities that decide whether mediation succeeds.
Mediation & Dialogue
Mediation and Dialogue: Official and Unofficial Strands
How official negotiations, track two diplomacy and back-channel talks combine in peace processes, and what decades of practice say about sequencing, risks and coordination.