Conflict Mediation: The Qatari Experience

• Authors: Minich Ruslan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The object of the analysis of this paper is Qatari mediation. The role of facilitation as a tool of conflict management in Doha’s foreign policy as well as its modus operandi and the conditions for successful facilitation are the main issues examined here. In conclusion, it is revealed that mediation is only one tool of the Qatari foreign policy among many others. Moreover, the presence of the window of opportunity, the conflict parties’ inclusion and cohesion, and the acceptability of an intermediary are crucial for the successful conflict mediation. The use of reward power, the absence of the follow-up mechanism, the trained administrative staff of the foreign policy apparatus, and the war-weariness are the main obstacles for the transformations of Qatari conflict mediation into conflict resolution.

Keywords

EN

mediation; conflict management; conflict resolution; Qatar; foreign policy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Wydawnictwo UMK
• Journal: Historia i Polityka
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 14(21)
• Pages: 121-133

Contributors

author

Minich Ruslan

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Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/HiP.2015.026