Abstract
Mediation has become one of the most frequently practiced methods of conflict resolution in global politics. Concomitantly, scholarly research on the theory and practice of mediation has advanced in great steps to gain a better understanding of the process and in particular, to determine how to make it more successful. This impressive bulk of literature largely draws upon lessons learned and data extracted from mediation cases in interstate war. We argue that due to the significant changes in conflict in the world, many of those questions warrant reformulation and reexamination, with a focus on the unique attributes of civil conflict. With this in mind, in this paper we focus on one specific aspect of mediation in violent conflicts by examining the impact of leadership change on the prospects for mediation in civil wars. We approach this issue within the broader context of mediation timing.
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