International Journal of Conflict Management: Volume 35 Issue 1

Embracing the complexity of international conflict management

Andrew Owsiak, Daniel Druckman, Sinisa Vukovic

Connecting international and domestic dots: how conflict entanglement informs resolution and escalation

Molly M. Melin, Alexandru V. Grigorescu

This paper aims to seek to and understand how civil conflict and international claims inform one another. Does the existence of ongoing civil and international conflicts affect…

Possibilities and limits of procedural and distributive justice in complex conflicts: a study of the Colombian peace process

Margarita Canal A., Peter Kesting, David Aponte Castro, Remigiusz Smolinski

Extensive empirical evidence suggests that procedural justice (PJ) and distributive justice (DJ) are key success factors for achieving durable peace negotiations. This paper aims…

Major powers’ management of complex peace relationships

Reşat Bayer

This study aims to contribute to discussions on peace between hostile nonmajor powers by focusing on the behavior of major powers. Specifically, alliances between nonmajor and…

Don’t we have a right to get angry? Integrating emotions into international mediation studies

Laurie Nathan, Joel M. Devonshire

This paper aims to critique the rationalist theoretical framework of international mediation, which ignores emotions in analyzing the decision by conflict parties to pursue a…

Ripeness obscured: inductive lessons from Türkiye’s (transactional) mediation in the Russia–Ukraine war

Michael J. Butler

Conventional wisdom tells us that mediation without ripeness is a fool’s errand (Zartman and Touval, 1985). What, then, is Türkiye’s motivation for mediating the war in Ukraine in…

Multiparty mediation in a changing world: the emergence and impact of parallel processes to UN peacemaking in Syria and Libya

Sara Hellmüller, Bilal Salaymeh

This paper aims to study recent approaches to peacemaking, particularly by Turkey and Russia, in a changing world and their implications for UN-led peace processes. The authors…

Can an arms race promote stability? The inter-Korean qualitative arms race and US extended deterrence

Hyun Ji Rim

This paper aims to provide a case study of complex conflict management within the arms race on the Korean Peninsula. Exploring the complex nexus of nuclear weapons, asymmetry and…

Silent alliances and shifting tides: unveiling the hidden pathways to resolving interstate rivalries – the UAE-Israel case

Amira Schiff, Chen Kertcher

This study delves into the transformation of UAE-Israel relations, which transitioned from a long-term rivalry to a formal peace agreement in 2020. It aims to uncover the…

Managing complexity: addressing the civil conflict component of international-civil militarized conflicts (I-CMCs)

Andrew Owsiak, Paul F. Diehl, Gary Goertz

The purpuse of this study is to answer the following two questions. Do conflict management efforts mitigate the recurrence and severity of civil conflict? If so, how? Do some…

Rebel group legitimacy, ideology and durable peace

Daniel Druckman, Siniša Vuković, Nicolas Verbeek

This study aims to explore the role of rebel group legitimacy and ideology in durable peace (DP) following peace agreements to end civil wars. It builds on earlier research…