Relevance of Fisher’s Model of Third Party Intervention: The Case of Malaysia’s Mediation to the Bangsamoro Conflicts

With the widespread occurrence of violence and ethnic conflicts globally, many countries have increasingly found themselves in a situation where they have failed to address their internal conflicts without mediations from external entities. Thus, the objective of the study is to examine and analyze the effectiveness of Malaysia’s model of third party intervention to the Bangsamoro conflicts. It concentrates on the strengths and weaknesses of the peace building model of third party intervention as pursued by Malaysia. This paper is divided into two parts. The first part discussed Malaysia’s quiet diplomatic approach in dealing with the Bangsamoro conflict, while the second explained the inclusivity of Malaysia. In view of this study found that Malaysia’s model is effective and workable. It may have some who were left out, but they were all consulted by both the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), as opposed to other processes such as the Organization of Islamic Country (OIC) mediated Good Regulatory Practice (GRP) - Moro Nation Liberation Front (MNLF) peace negotiations. Therefore, there is nothing that resembles the inclusivity of the GPH-MILF peace process that characterized the exclusivity of the GRP-MNLF peace process.