They can resort to more revolutionary efforts focused upon changing the political system in ways which make it make it more responsive to their needs. In the most extreme case, political reform can take the form of revolutionary movements which attempt to create a completely new government. This article discusses the costs and benefits of various intervention options for international and intergroup conflicts. This article describes a technique for assessing the relative merits of different options. Cold War Era A section of this article suggests that disputants can be encouraged to try mediation by first assessing the costs of alternative approaches to pursuing their interests.
Mediation is often less expensive and more likely to succeed than force, the authors suggest.
This article discusses the costs and benefits of various intervention options for international and intergroup conflicts. It illustrates a variety of options available for such transformations.