Russian- Ukraine Conflict: Understanding the Role of Mediation

The thrust of this paper is on the Russia-Ukraine conflict: Understanding the role of mediation. The paper focuses on how mediation presents itself as a promising path to peace for Russia and Ukraine. Findings revealed mediation and diplomacy continue with several world leaders having visited Moscow for talks to avoid escalating the problem at hand which was seen as a quest for autonomy as a Nation State. Various objectives were drawn to give the paper a direction in getting to the root cause of the conflict. This study is anchored on the structural realism theory as postulated by German psychologist, Wilhelm Wund in 1979 which asserts that the nature of the international structure is defined by its ordering principle, anarchy, and by the distribution of capabilities which rigmaroles on powerful allies protecting their blocks. The theory further claims that international anarchy creates conditions for states trumping international variables such as norms, multilateralism, economic interdependence, and morality. The paper concluded among others that the approved path of mediation will depend on the identity of the mediator.