ABSTRACT

In recent years, Oman has been recognised as a key mediator in the Gulf and the wider Middle East. The successful completion of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, in particular, firmly cemented its reputation as a peacemaker. To fully understand Omani mediation practices in the region, Muscat’s mediation must be placed within the context of the Sultanate’s wider foreign policy, and all known mediations must be assembled in one place in order to develop a typology to better understand forms and patterns. Ultimately, mediation both serves and is enabled by the Sultanate’s foreign policy. This was not an inevitable outcome. Over the course of Qaboos’ reign, Oman has developed into an ‘Interlocutor State’, in which the practice of mediation has become an important tool in furthering the central goals of preserving Oman’s independent foreign policy, and thus ultimately the Sultanate’s sovereignty and security itself.

摘要

近年来，阿曼已被公认为海湾地区和更广泛的中东地区的重要调解人。尤其是 2015 年伊朗核协议的成功完成，巩固了其作为和平缔造者的声誉。为了充分了解阿曼在该地区的调解实践，马斯喀特的调解必须置于苏丹国更广泛的外交政策的背景下，所有已知的调解必须集中在一个地方，以便制定一种类型学，以更好地理解形式和模式。最终，调解既服务于苏丹国的外交政策，又受其推动。这并非不可避免的结果。在卡布斯统治期间，阿曼已发展成为一个“对话国”，在该国中，调解实践已成为推进维护阿曼独立外交政策这一核心目标的重要工具，