title: Understanding success in international mediation: comparing Russian and Turkish mediation attempts in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
abstract: International mediation has been used extensively to manage international conflicts. The literature on international mediation has focused extensively on success of mediation and how and why international mediation offers are accepted by conflicting parties. This thesis aims to dwell on both discussions by developing a two-pillar approach to success in international mediation. The thesis argues that the first pillar of mediation is the acceptance of mediation offers, related to the characteristi
journal: Sabanci University