International mediation may involve private individuals, academic scholars, official government representatives, regional organisations, small or large states, transnational and international organisations, and yet the nature and consequences of such variation have yet to be examined systematically.

List of Tables and Figures - Foreword; President of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues - Preface - Notes on Contributors - The Structure and Diversity of Mediation in International Relations; J.Bercovitch - Overcoming the Obstacles to Effective Mediation of International Disputes; L.Susskind & E.Babbitt - Informal Mediation by Private Individuals; A.P.Hare - Informal Mediation by the Scholar/Practitioner; H.C.Kelman - Formal Individual Mediation and the Negotiators' Dilemma: Tommy Koh at the Law of the Sea Conference; L.N.Antrim & J.K.Sebenius - Mediation by Regional Organizations: The Organization of African Unity (OAU) in Chad; S.G.Amoo & I.W.Zartman - Mediation by a Transnational Organization: The Case of the Vatican; T.Princen - The United Nations and International Conflict: The Military Talks at Kilometre Marker-101; J.O.C.Jonah - Small State Mediation in International Relations: the Algerian Mediation of the Iranian Hostage Crisis; R.M.Slim - The Superpowers as Mediators; S.Touval - Conclusion: International Mediation in Context; J.Z.Rubin - Index