To bridge disagreements between conflict parties during the early stages of a mediation process, mediators like to apply creative ambiguity where they deliberately use ambiguous language for sensitive issues. Agreeing on broad concepts such as ‘democratic governance’ or ‘justice’ is often easier since the words allow for different understandings of what this will entail in […]
  Image courtesy of Alamy. Mediation Perspectives is a regular series of blog contributions by the CSS Mediation Support Team and occasional guest authors. Culture becomes the elephant in the room when people do not acknowledge how implicit values shape conflict. “Truth” appears in multiple forms depending on which lenses we are using to view the world. This […]
Image courtesy of REUTERS/Scott Morgan, Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett (left) and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger are seen at the annual Berkshire shareholder shopping day in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 3, 2019. Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s annual shareholder meeting, which is often called “Woodstock for capitalists,” is an occasion for tens of thousands of the company’s […]
Image: The Concept of Embodied Uncertainty as visualized by Sword-Daniels et al. (2018) Affluence and vulnerability are often seen as opposite sides of a coin – with affluence generally understood as reducing forms of vulnerability through increased resilience and adaptive capacity. However, during the past ten years, my research with a range of colleagues has […]
Image courtesy of the National Library of Scotland / Flickr, Open air cookery near Miraumont-le-Grand, Western Front, during World War I. Mediation Perspectives is a regular series of blog contributions by the CSS Mediation Support Team and occasional guest authors. In this blog, we discuss what ceasefires are and how they related to peace mediation. The Mediation Support […]
Image courtesy of Joanne Francis / Unsplash Mediation Perspectives is a regular series of blog contributions by the CSS Mediation Support Team and occasional guest authors. In this blog, we discuss the implications of climate change for peace mediation. Members of the Mediation Support Network (MSN) met recently to discuss a UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs […]
Once considered an island of democracy in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan – here its presidential office, the White House – hosted the last Central Asia summit in July 2022. (Source: Chatrina Schumacher, July 2022) Russia’s predominant role in Central Asia is set to decline following its war in Ukraine. This creates both an urgency as well […]
Image courtesy of REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ethiopian counterpart Demeke Mekonnen arrive at Russian Embassy for tree planting ceremony during Lavrov’s visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, July 27, 2022. Not even a decade ago, Africa was the last foreign policy priority of Russia. Now, in the face of growing isolation, […]
This week’s featured graphic shows the core IS’ state as of March 2022 as well as its affiliates in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. For a deeper assessment of the danger the IS still poses, read Fabien Merz’ CSS Analysis in Security Policy here.
Image courtesy of The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The quiet compliance of Chinese companies with Western sanctions against Russia highlights a critical dilemma for Beijing: China’s continued dependence on the United States and Europe in strategic sectors of the economy restrains its political objectives vis-à-vis Russia. […]
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