ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses cooperation between the key third parties involved in the international mediation of the Tajikistan conflict. The chapter explores why and how the major interveners’ interests, commitments, and perceptions converged or became compatible, as a result of which they came to cooperate with one another, despite the presence of inherent tensions among them. The chapter pursues this line of inquiry in light of the relationships among the following sets of actors: (1) states; (2) states and the UN; (3) the UN and regional organizations; and (4) official and unofficial peace processes. The chapter also discusses the importance of the international consensus on peacemaking strategies for effective coordination in multiparty mediation as well as the nature of that consensus.
