CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Otoole, Shannon C |
|---|---|
| Title | Conditionality or Cooperation? EU Mediation of the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue |
| Summary | This thesis looks to the critical role norms play in governing conflict systems to explain why stalemates are occasionally broken at times when there is no obvious catalyst for a breakthrough. Drawing on a constructivist approach to international mediation developed in 1991 by Brian S. Mandell and Brian W. Tomlin, it argues that mediators of international conflict can interrupt the self-reinforcing nature of conflict systems by encouraging the development of shared norms between disputing parties. A case study of the European Union-backed mediation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo demonstrates how such normative change precipitated the landmark 2013 Brussels Agreement on the normalization of relations between the two. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin Kristen |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/otoole_shannon.pdf |
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