Mediator Leverage. International Mediation in the Colombian Civil War

Case Study from the year 2023 in the subject Politics - General and Theories of International Politics, grade: 2,0, University of Göttingen (Sozialwissenschaften), course: internationale Beziehungen, language: English, abstract: The aim of this work is to elaborate the meaning of credibility, as defined by Lindsay Reid, in the Colombian peace negotiations and to shed light on the role of the two involved guarantor countries and mediators Cuba and Norway.

Therefore, it is important to look at whether and how the mediators fulfill the characteristics for generating credibility leverage, in order to be able to answer the question: In what manner does the credibility leverage of mediators manifest as the Colombian peace process unfolds?

For this purpose, sources on mediation and mediator leverage as well as studies reviews on peace negotiations in Colombia will be referenced.

It is particularly important to emphasize that this term paper focuses on the process of mediation itself, detached from making judgements about its ultimate success in creating peace in Colombia.