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Regional influences on mediation behavior / Frazier, Derrick V; Owsiak, Andrew P; Sanders, Virginia   Journal Article
Owsiak, Andrew P Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract Research on interstate mediation tends to assume (implicitly) that regional factors have little effect on the occurrence of mediation. We relax this assumption and advance an explicit regional theory of mediation in which regional ties create a type of bias that motivates both (potential) third parties to mediate conflicts within their region and disputants to select or accept these regional actors as mediators more frequently than non-regional actors. This bias first appears when states belong to the same region. In such situations, the potential third party and disputants likely understand one another better and share common security concerns. Yet regional membership does not explain the variation in mediation behavior within regions. To account for this, we argue that regionally more powerful states, as well as those that share (regional) institutional memberships with the disputants, have greater incentives to mediate than some regional counterparts. We empirically test the effect of these characteristics on the likelihood of mediation in militarized interstate disputes during the period 1946-2000. Our findings uncover support for our argument and suggest that accounting for regional bias is important in explaining mediation patterns in interstate conflict.
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Understanding the nuclear aspirations and behaviour of North Ko / Akhtar, Shaheen; Khan, Zulfiqar   Journal Article
Akhtar, Shaheen Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract This article explores the drivers of North Korea and Iran's nuclear aspirations and behaviour by employing the theoretical prisms of 'security dilemma', 'regional security complex' (RSC) and 'social constructivism'. It argues that ideational values and interests are shaping Iranian and North Korean nuclear aspirations and behaviour. Conversely, the absence of positive inter-subjective understanding of the US and its allies regarding Iran and North Korea is influencing their nuclear non-proliferation policy towards these states. The nuclear ambitions and diplomacy of North Korea and Iran could be better understood by looking at the role of ideational, security and structuralism models that are influencing their threat perception in the respective security complexes. Thus, addressing the ideational factors and security dilemmas of the two states can help in resolving the twin threats to nuclear non-proliferation in the 21st century.
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