Negotiated settlements after civil war are notoriously unstable and often go unimplemented. This is often due to factors such as credible commitment problems, lack of government capacity to implement, or one of the disputants begins a new wave of violence. Mediation is often utilized as means of...

In this paper we extend dyadic research on conflict processes in international relations, to the analysis of triadic relationship. Specifically, we argue that although conflict can be explained at the dyadic level of analysis, a triadic analysis can greatly enrich our understanding of the...