The Changing Face of Peace: African Mediation and Paradigm Transitions.
History offers no shortage of war, but precious few durable peaces. Mediation, for all its noble pretensions, has long been a function of power, exerted by empires, dictated by superpowers, and affected by geopolitical interests. This study interrogates the changing nature of mediation in Africa fro...
| Publicado en: | African Studies Quarterly Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 26 - 51 |
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