Citation

Shannon M. Confl. Manage. Peace Sci. 2009; 26(2): 144-163.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0738894208101127

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

I explore whether international organizations (IOs) promote peaceful conflict management. Using territorial claims data, I find that organizations with interventionist capabilities encourage disputing members to attempt peaceful conflict resolution. Then, to more fully uncover the causal relationship between IOs and conflict management, I investigate the influence of IOs on bilateral dispute settlement separately from third party settlement.The analyses reveal that institutions do not promote bilateral negotiations between members, indicating that the socialization and trust-building capabilities of IOs are limited. However, institutions foster multilateral talks, demonstrating that IOs broker bargaining with third party diplomatic intervention.