Third-party Mediation and Peace Processes in the post-Soviet Space

Norms, Interests and Power
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-83611-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

This book examines the success of third-party mediation in conflicts in the post-Soviet space.

Third-party mediation is the subject of an extensive literature dealing with the resolution of internal conflicts. This volume examines the conditions that contribute to the success or failure of third-party mediation, and the positions and interests of mediators involved in the resolution of intra-state internationalized conflict. These topics are addressed with regard to the frozen conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Donbas and Nagorno Karabakh. The book contributes timely research to a growing body of literature concerned with the resolution of intractable conflict in the post-Soviet space and deals primarily with the role of external actors in addressing these conflicts. It proposes a novel conceptual framework centred on norms, power and interests to cover the relationships developed between third-party mediators and primary parties in secessionist conflicts during negotiations for peace. The book’s core argument is that multiple competing proposals for settlement and the clashing interests of third parties often contribute to the increase in spoiling, hindering the opportunity to take advantage of the ripe moment for peace.

This book will be of much interest to students of peace and conflict studies, mediation, eastern European and Central Asian politics, and International Relations.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Albulescu, Ana Maria

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction Chapter 1: Third-party mediation and peace agreements: Understanding the normative basis for criteria for success and failure Chapter 2: Interests: Third parties involved in mediation in the post-Soviet space Chapter 3: Secessionist Conflicts and mediation in the post-Soviet space: Understanding power relations Chapter 4: The UN in Abkhazia: Understanding the normative approaches of third-party mediators Chapter 5: Russia as third-party mediator and party to the conflict in South Ossetia Chapter 6: Stopping the war but failing the peace in Transnistria: Interests and interested third parties Chapter 7: Why did the Minsk Agreement fail? Power and mediation Chapter 8: Power, Interests and Norms in Nagorno Karabakh Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ana Maria Albulescu is a Research Fellow in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Tartu, Estonia. She has a PhD from Kings College London and is author of Incomplete Secession after Unresolved Conflicts: Political Order and Escalation in the Post-Soviet Space (Routledge 2021).