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Kyle Beardsley

Professor of Political Science
Political Science
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Scholarly Works - Book sections


Introduction to Research Handbook on Mediating International Crises

Book section · January 1, 2019 This Research Handbook brings together a number of perspectives on the practice of mediation in the international system. A diversity of origins and a wide array of actors typify conflicts and crises today. The widespread availability of lethal weapons at ... Full text Cite

Concluding themes and policy recommendations

Book section · January 1, 2019 In this concluding chapter, we pull together the main findings of each of the chapters and group them so as to capture both the central scholarly themes of the Research Handbook and those insights that we believe will be of particular relevance to the poli ... Full text Cite

The United Nations Security Council and conflict prevention in self-determination disputes

Book section · January 1, 2019 There is a great deal of scholarship on the UN's response to violent crises, but less is known about the UN's ability to prevent violence from erupting in the first place. Does the UN respond to potential intrastate crises to prevent civil war and are thes ... Full text Cite

Mediating complex crises

Book section · January 1, 2019 This chapter focuses on mediation in the midst of an evolving international system and the ways in which the practice of mediation has changed and could stand to change more in order to increase its effectiveness in managing and resolving crises. Increasin ... Full text Cite

Issues in Data Collection

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Women in Peacemaking/Peacekeeping

Book section Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on the study of foreign affairs and political interaction between states. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable. ... Link to item Cite