TY  - BOOK
AU  - NATHAN Laurie
TI  - The intelligence requirement of international mediation
PY  - 2014///
KW  - CONFLICT RESOLUTION
KW  - MEDIATION
KW  - INFORMATION COLLECTION
N2  - While the intelligence requirements of UN peacekeeping operations are well understood and accepted the same is not true of the needs of UN mediation functions. This article explains why in-depth knowledge of the parties to a conflict is an essential pre-requisite for international mediation, and places this in the context of Zartman's theory of conflict ripeness, this being the point or time frame when there is the greatest likelihood of resolution
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2013.799368
ER  -