Has any good come out of the efforts to mediate the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia? The short answer is, 'Yes, but...' Mediation has brought about agreements that halted the fighting in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. Yet, the negotiations took too long, and their achievements came too late. Between 1991 and 1995 some two hundred thousand people lost their lives, and close to two million were uprooted from their homes. Saadia Touval examines why the efforts to reach a negotiated solution have not been more effective. He calls attention to two lessons: that collective mediation faces much greater obstacles than mediation by individual states, and that a mediator's priority should be saving lives, rather than aiming at other objectives, or even pursuing justice.
| ISBN: | 9780333965030 |
| Publication date: | 28th November 2001 |
| Author: | Saadia Touval |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 211 pages |
| Series: | Advances in Political Science |
| Genres: |
International relations European history Warfare and defence |
Has any good come out of the efforts to mediate the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia? The short answer is, 'Yes, but...' Mediation has brought about agreements that halted the fighting in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. Yet, the negotiations took too long, and their achievements came too late. Between 1991 and 1995 some two hundred thousand people lost their lives, and close to two million were uprooted from their homes. Saadia Touval examines why the efforts to reach a negotiated solution have not been more effective. He calls attention to two lessons: that collective mediation faces much greater obstacles than mediation by individual states, and that a mediator's priority should be saving lives, rather than aiming at other objectives, or even pursuing justice.
Mediation in the Yugoslav Wars features in the following genres: International relations, European history, Warfare and defence
Mediation in the Yugoslav Wars is available in Hardback
Mediation in the Yugoslav Wars was written by Saadia Touval and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK
Mediation in the Yugoslav Wars has 211 pages
Yes it is part of Advances in Political Science series