Sinisa Vukovic

• Zartman, I.W., & Vuković, S. (2023), Rethinking Conflict Management and Resolution. Edward Elgar Publishing.
• Vuković, S. (2015), International Multiparty Mediation and Conflict Management: Challenges of Cooperation and Coordination. Oxford: Routledge.

• Iji, T. & Vuković, S. eds. (2022), Revisiting the “Ripeness” Debate. Oxford: Routledge.

• Rim, H. & Vuković, S. (2024), Maritime competition and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Review (forthcoming).
• Vuković, S., Dora Dore, G. M., & Paz, G. (2024). Peacebuilding and its discontents: exogenous and endogenous trends in post-agreement Colombia. Global Policy, 15(S3)
• Owsiak, A., Vuković, S., & Druckman, D. (2024). Managing the Complexity of Contemporary Conflicts. International Journal of Conflict Management, 35(1)
• Vuković, S., & Iji, T. (2022). Revisiting the “Ripeness” Debate. Ethnopolitics, 21(2)
• Zartman, I.W., & Vuković, S. (2019). New Diplomacy for New Conflicts. Global Policy, 10(2)

• Vuković, S.,  Dore, G.M.D. &  Paz, G. (2024)  Emerging trends in peacebuilding: The case of Colombia. Global Policy, 15(S3), 5-13.
• Owsiak, A., Druckman, D., & Vuković, S. (2024). Embracing the complexity of international conflict management. International Journal of Conflict Management, 35(1), 1-3.
• Druckman, D., Vuković, S., & Verbeek, N. (2024). Rebel Group Legitimacy, Ideology and Durable Peace. International Journal of Conflict Management. 35(1), 215-241
• Vuković, S., & Fechner, P. J. (2023). China´s behavior and ambitions to become a norm-maker in the South China Sea dispute. Asian Perspective 47(2), 247-265
• Vuković, S., & Boland, I. (2022). Expanding the radicalization framework: a case study of Tajik migration to Russia. Asian Perspective 46(3), 473-500
• Vuković, S., & Martin, D. (2022). When do Mediators Say ‘No’: US’ Resistance to Mediate the Gulf Diplomatic Crisis. Negotiation Journal, 38(2), 257-283
• Vuković, S. (2022). Expanding Ripeness Beyond Push and Pull: The Relevance of Mutually Enticing Opportunities (MEOs). Ethnopolitics, 21(2), 190-201.
• Sticher, V., & Vuković, S. (2021). Bargaining in Intrastate Conflicts: The Shifting Role of Ceasefires. Journal of Peace Research, 58(6), 1284-1299.
• Vuković, S. (2020). Peace Mediators as Norm Entrepreneurs: The EU’s Norm Diffusion Strategy in Montenegro’s Referendum on Independence. Swiss Political Science Review, 26(4), 449-467.
• Vuković, S., & Alfieri, R. (2020). Halting and Reversing Escalation in the South China Sea: A Bargaining Framework. Global Policy, 11(5), 598-610.
• Vuković, S. (2020). The Many Faces of Power in Diplomatic Negotiations. The SAIS Review of International Affairs, 40(2), 45-57.
• Vuković, S., & Bernabei, D. (2019). Refining Intractability: A Case Study of Entrapment in the Syrian Civil War. International Negotiation, 24(3), 407-436.
• Vuković, S. (2019). International Multiparty Mediation: Prospects for a Coordinated Effort. Global Policy, 10(S2), 76-83.
• Rahman, E., & Vuković, S. (2019). Sympathy for the Devil: When and How to Negotiate with Criminal Gangs–Case of El Salvador. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 42(11), 935-952.
• Vuković, S., & Alfieri, R. (2018). Bumping, Precedents, and De‐escalation in South China Sea: Options for the United States and China. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 5(3), 665-671.
• Vuković, S. (2017). A “pracademic” jewel. [Review of “Conflict management in international missions: A field guide”. O. Ofstad]. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 23(1), 101-102.
• Shirvani, T., & Vuković, S. (2015). After the Iran Nuclear Deal: Europe's Pain and Gain. The Washington Quarterly, 38(3), 79-92.
• Vuković, S. (2015). Soft Power, Bias and Manipulation of International Organizations in International Mediation. International Negotiation, 20(3), 414-443.
• Vuković, S. (2014). Three Degrees of Success in International Mediation. Millennium-Journal of International Studies, 42(3), 966-976.
• Vuković, S. (2014). International Mediation as a Distinct Form of Conflict Management. International Journal of Conflict Management, 25(1), 61-80.
• Vuković, S. (2012). Coping with Complexity: Analyzing Cooperation and Coordination in Multiparty Mediation Processes. International Negotiation, 17(2), 265-293.
• Vuković, S. (2011). Strategies and Bias in International Mediation. Cooperation and Conflict, 46(1), 113-119.
• Vuković, S. (2010). International Mediation of Civil Wars: Bargaining with Bullets. Acta Politica, 45(4), 504-506.

• Vuković, S. (2024). Identity and Peace Negotiations: Lessons for Theory and Practice. In Meerts, P., and Anstey, M. (eds.), Negotiating Identity. Manchester University Press. (forthcoming)
• Vuković, S., & Martin, D. (2023). When do Mediators Say ‘No’: US’ Resistance to Mediate the Gulf Diplomatic Crisis. In Fraihat, I. and Svensson, I. (eds.), Mediation in the Arab World. (pp. 245-279) Syracuse University Press.
• Vuković, S. & Fechner, P.J (2023) Norm-contestation in the South China Sea Dispute. In Rim, H. J. & Platte, J. (eds.), Indo-Pacific Strategies and Foreign Policy Challenges: The US-China Strategic Competition. (pp. 79-97). Routledge
• Vuković, S. (2021). International Mediation and Norm Diffusion. In Turner, C. (ed.), ReThinking Peace Mediation. (pp. 37-53). Bristol University Press.
• Vuković, S. (2020). Debunking the Myths of International Mediation: Conceptualizing Bias, Power and Success. In Hosli M.O. and Selleslaghs J. (eds.), The Changing Global Order. (pp. 429-451). Springer
• Vuković, S. (2019). Securitization and Conflict Management. In Butler, M. (ed.), Securitization, Revisited: Contemporary Applications and Insights. (pp. 145-167). Routledge
• Vuković, S. (2019). EU Mediation in Montenegro: Satisficing, Formulation and Manipulation in International Mediation. In Schuessler, R. (ed.), Focal Points in Negotiation. (pp. 175-201). Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 175-201.
• Vuković, S. (2019). Mediating Closure: Driving toward Mutually Enticing Opportunities (MEOs). In Zartman, I.W. (ed.), When is Enough? How Negotiations End. (pp. 185-200). Cambridge University Press
• Vuković, S., & Hopmann, P.T. (2019). Satisficing in International Mediation: Framing, Justifying and Creating Outcomes in Peacemaking. In Wilkenfeld J., Beardsley K. and Quinn D. (eds.). Research Handbook on Mediating International Crisis. (pp. 109-123). Edward Edgar.
• Vuković, S. (2017). International Multiparty Mediation. In Georgakopolos, A. (ed.), The Handbook of Mediation: Theory, Research and Practice. (pp. 305-315). New York, NY: Routledge
• Vuković, S. (2015). Serbia: Moderation as a Double-Edged Sword. In Zartman, I.W. (ed.), Arab Spring: Negotiations in the Shadow of Intifadat (pp. 364-361). Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.
• Meerts, P., & Vuković, S. (2015). Reputation and Egotiation: The Impact of Self-Image on the Negotiator. In Martinovsky, B. (ed.), Emotion in Group Decision and Negotiation (pp. 73-99). Amsterdam: Springer.
• Vuković, S. (2014). EU mediation in Montenegro: Normative Power as a Source of Linkage Strategies and Non-Material Side Payments. In Andreatta, F. and Castelli, E. (eds.), Solutions and Failures in Identity Conflicts (pp. 205-225). Trento: FBK Press.
• Groeneveld-Savisaar, M., & Vuković, S. (2011). Terror, Muscle and Negotiation: Failure of Multiparty Mediation in Sri Lanka. In Zartman, I.W. & Faure, G.O. (eds.), Engaging Extremists: Trade-Offs, Timing and Diplomacy (pp. 105-135). Washington DC: US Institute of Peace Press.

• Vuković, S. (2019), Engineering an Endgame in Afghanistan. The Wilson Centre, Asia Program. Washington, DC.
• Janjić, D., Kisić, I., Mihajlović, M., Risheg, F., Vuković, S., & Jovanović, V. (2019), Review Report on Monitoring the Internal Dialogue on Kosovo. Forum for Ethnic Relations. Belgrade.
• Vuković, S. (2019), The Regional Impact of Protracted Belgrade-Pristina Negotiations
• A View from Montenegro (SWOT Analysis), CEPS. Belgrade.

• Vuković, S. & Alfieri, R. (2023) Negotiating with Gangs: Lessons From the 2012 Truce in El Salvador. SAIS Review of International Affairs. April 23.
• Johns Hopkins SAIS Faculty and Fellow Reflections: The War in Ukraine at One Year. SAIS Review of International Affairs. February 24, 2023.
• Vuković, S (2022) “Time for Diplomacy " - Negotiations for Conflict Resolutions. The Young Diplomats. Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Montenegro. May 17.
• Vuković, S. (2022) Ukrainian-Russian Negotiations. The SAIS Europe Journal of Global Affairs. The Analyst Interview Project. March 12.
• Vuković, S., & Ruge, M. (2020) What Montenegro’s future government means for the Western Balkans. European Council for Foreign Relations. September 15.
• Vuković, S., & Bernabei, D. (2019) Podcast: Intractable Syria — Case Study of What Does and Does Not Lead to an Unmanageable Crisis #humanitiesmatter
• Vuković, S. (2018). Why die for Montenegro? The post-Helsinki question that shocked NATO and amused Moscow. Policy Forum, July 25. (Featured in POLITICO) 
• Vuković, S., & Rahman, E. (2018). The Gang Truce in El Salvador. Oxford Research Group: Sustainable Security.
• Vuković, S., & Rahman, E. (2018). Negotiating with Criminal Gangs. Oxford Research Group: Sustainable Security.
• Joseph, E., & Vuković, S. (2016). Montenegro’s NATO Bit: A Litmus Test for Trump’s Russia Policy, Foreign Affairs, December 22.
• Serwer, D., & Vuković, S. (2016). This Is What It Looks Like When Russia Really Wants to Mess With Your Election, Foreign Policy, November 8.
• Vuković, S. (2016). “Iran’s elections and nuclear deal”, Policy Forum, April 21.
• Shirvani, T., & Vuković, S. (2015). Tehran’s Power Lobby: How Energy Concerns Drive the Nuclear Deal. Foreign Affairs, June 24.
• Shirvani, T., & Vuković, S. (2015). “What Next After the Iran’s Nuclear Deal?”, World Economic Forum, November 26.

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