Mediation Event and Negotiators Database (MEND)

Mediation Event and Negotiators Database (MEND) is a new and growing resource for researchers and practitioners with a focus on peace and conflict resolution. The dataset comprehensively covers broader peacemaking efforts within major armed conflicts, tracking all mediation and mediation-related events involving external third-party actors, regardless of whether these events result in a formal peace agreement. It captures mediation as part of formal peace initiatives and mediation efforts running in support or in parallel to these. Each record corresponds to a unique event, providing detailed metadata about location, third parties, local actors, and individuals involved. The MEND dataset facilitates a nuanced understanding of the roles various actors play in contributing to the peace processes and in brokering agreements. It also enables the identification of unsuccessful or spoiler mediation efforts that may still have influenced the ongoing conflict management. In an era marked by global fragmentation, this data plays a crucial role in providing insights into where, when, how, and why actors engage in mediation activities, allowing for the mapping of network dynamics between international and local actors, and identification of the mediation conditions conducive to the eventual signing of agreements.调解事件与谈判者数据库（Mediation Event and Negotiators Database，MEND）是一款面向和平与冲突解决领域研究者与实务工作者的新型且持续扩充的研究资源。该数据集全面涵盖重大武装冲突框架下的各类缔造和平行动，追踪所有涉及外部第三方行为体的调解及与调解相关的事件，无论此类事件最终是否达成正式和平协议。其收录的调解行为既包括正式和平倡议中的调解活动，也涵盖为这些倡议提供支持或与其并行开展的调解行动。每条记录对应一个独立事件，并提供包含事发地点、第三方行为体、地方行为体及相关个体在内的详细元数据。该数据集能够帮助研究者精细化理解各类行为体在推动和平进程与斡旋达成协议过程中所扮演的角色。此外，它还可用于识别那些虽未成功但仍对当前冲突管理产生影响的破坏性调解行动。在全球碎片化特征日益凸显的当下，该数据集能够为研究者提供关于行为体开展调解活动的时间、地点、方式及动因的深度洞察，助力绘制国际行为体与地方行为体间的网络动态图谱，并识别出有助于最终签署和平协议的调解条件。