Time ultimately resolves conflict, but time needs some help. Instead of war parties waiting for a "hurting stalemate" and disastrous deadlocks, third parties could cultivate ripeness. This study examines this concept in terms of a comparative analysis of the intractable war situations in Cambodia (1991) and Lebanon (1989), investigating the capability of intervention strategies to cultivate ripeness and make peace. The study provides a theoretical review examining the concepts of: conflict, mediation, and the theory of ripeness. The study concludes that there were many ripe moments in both...