%0 Journal Article %T A genealogy of mediation in international relations: From ¡®analogue¡¯ to ¡®digital¡¯ forms of global justice or managed war? %A Oliver P Richmond %J Cooperation and Conflict %@ 1460-3691 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/0010836717750198 %X What does it mean to mediate in the contemporary world? During the Cold War, and since, various forms of international intervention have maintained a fragile strategic and territorially sovereign balance between states and their elite leaders, as in Cyprus or the Middle East, or built new states and inculcated new norms. In the post-Cold War era intervention and mediation shifted beyond the balance of power and towards the liberal peace, as in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Timor Leste. In the case of Northern Ireland, identity, territorial sovereignty, and the nature of governance also began to be mediated, leading to hints of complex, post-liberal formulations. This article offers and evaluates a genealogy of the evolution of international mediation %K Bosnia %K Cyprus %K international mediation %K Middle East %K Northern Ireland %K post-liberalism %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0010836717750198