SMART PARADIGMS OF MODERN INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION

Authors

  • Ramona Alexandra NEAGOŞ Researcher PhD, Department of International Relations and European Studies, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: ramona.a.rosu@gmail.com.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2022.2.10

Keywords:

globalization of conflict, international mediation, smart mediation strategies

Abstract

Over the past few decades, due to increasing interdependence between societies, the speed of information propagation, the diminishing constraints of time and space on communication and the simultaneous involvement of an increment number of actors in the same operating theatre, we have witnessed the globalization of conflict and along with it a remarkable transformation of conflict and how it is fought. There has been a surge of interest in the recent literature on disaggregating war on defining the mechanisms driving non-conventional warfare, and therefore, the aim of this article is to underline the fact that the existing literature on international mediation has placed far too little stress on finding new approaches on managing these new challenges. The international mediation regime did not to match the rhythm and directions of conflict evolutions.

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Published

2022-12-28

How to Cite

NEAGOŞ, R. A. . (2022). SMART PARADIGMS OF MODERN INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Studia Europaea, 67(2), 243 – 252. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeuropaea.2022.2.10

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