How do some of the most prominent mediators of our time, including Nobel Peace Prize winner and former US President Jimmy Carter, former Finnish President Marti Ahtisarri, and many US and UN Ambassadors work to prevent and transform conflict? In this book major figures in international mediation reveal insights and intricate details about their own individual peacemaking strategies. Based on detailed interviews with the author, this book takes a behind the scenes approach to mediation, revealing and analyzing sequencing strategies that have not previously been described in such detail.