Un Mediators in Syria - The Challenges and Responsibilities of Conflict Resolution

"By highlighting the role of UN mediators in conflicts like Syria, this book examines what those tasked with the responsibility to make peace actually do. In addition to appealing to readers interested in diplomacy, decision-making and conflict resolution, its analysis of Syria also engages Middle East politics and history readers"--

List of contents

1. Introduction: Dispelling the Fog of Peace-making; 2. The Global Statesman; 3. The Quiet Negotiator; 4. The Televised Humanitarian; Conclusion: The Fingerprints They Leave Behind; References; Index.

About the author

Fadi Nicholas Nassar is Director of the Institute for Social Justice and Conflict Resolution and Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the Lebanese American University (LAU). He is also the US–Lebanon Fellow at the Middle East Institute; Fellow at The Sectarianism, Proxies and De-sectarianisation (SEPAD) project based at Lancaster University's Richardson Institute; and Research Fellow at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS). He holds a PhD from the War Studies Department at King's College London.

Summary

By highlighting the role of UN mediators in conflicts like Syria, this book examines what those tasked with the responsibility to make peace actually do. In addition to appealing to readers interested in diplomacy, decision-making and conflict resolution, its analysis of Syria also engages Middle East politics and history readers.

Foreword

Highlights the agency of UN mediators in conflicts like Syria and clarifies the challenges and responsibilities of their roles.

Product details

• Authors: Fadi Nicholas Nassar, Fadi Nicholas (Lebanese American Universit Nassar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781009413831
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0941383-1
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; United Nations, Syria, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Middle Eastern history, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Political, Socio-Economic & Strategic Groupings, Peacekeeping operations