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Informal Mediation by Private Individuals

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Mediation in International Relations

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This chapter will provide an indication of some of the characteristics of informal mediation by private individuals in conflicts between nations, or in conflicts within a nation where external involvement may be present. I draw mainly on my experiences as the coordinator of a third-party team that mediated between the Greek and Turkish sides on Cyprus from 1972 until the invasion of the Turkish army in 1974. Following the initiative of the International Peace Academy, we were working in parallel with the United Nations Forces to help resettle the Turkish villagers who had become refugees during the ‘time of troubles’ in 1963.1 However the experience had many similarities with my experience in mediation in intergroup relations in communities or larger social entities in the United States,2 Curacao,3 and South Africa.4 The same principles of informal, private mediation seem to apply no matter what the system level.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    Jacob Bercovitch (Senior Lecturer in International Relations) (Senior Lecturer in International Relations)

  2. Tufts University, USA

    Jeffrey Z. Rubin (Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of International Diplomacy, Associate Director) (Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of International Diplomacy, Associate Director)

  3. Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA

    Jeffrey Z. Rubin (Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of International Diplomacy, Associate Director) (Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of International Diplomacy, Associate Director)

  4. Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School, USA

    Jeffrey Z. Rubin (Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of International Diplomacy, Associate Director) (Professor of Psychology, Adjunct Professor of International Diplomacy, Associate Director)

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Hare, A.P. (1992). Informal Mediation by Private Individuals. In: Bercovitch, J., Rubin, J.Z. (eds) Mediation in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375864_3

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