TY - BOOK AU - DEROUEN JR Karl AU - CHOWDHURY Ishita TI - Mediation, peacekeeping and civil war peace agreements PY - 2018/// KW - UNITED NATION KW - PEACEKEEPING KW - CIVIL WAR KW - MEDIATION N2 - The post-civil war agreement phase is vulnerable to credible commitment problems, a lack of government capacity to implement, and/or mutual vulnerability to retribution from violating the agreement. This study's main contribution is to demonstrate the combined utility of mediation and UN peacekeeping. Mediation builds trust and confidence and works with the parties to design an efficacious agreement conducive to, among other features, tamping down post-agreement violence. Peacekeeping stems violence and facilitates the implementation of the agreement. Agreements that are mediated and followed by UN peacekeeping are expected to be more robust in terms of staving off violence UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2016.1173439 ER -