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The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Losing its raison d'etre?
The predecessor of the OSCE, the Conference for Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) played an important role in stabilising the situation in Europe during the Cold War, providing the framework for the first confidence-building measures, overseeing arms control negotiations and promoting human rights.
In a chapter in "International Organisations: Their Role in Conflict Management" published in November 2009 by the Royal Danish Defence College, Senior Researcher Bjørn Møller argues that after the end of the Cold War, the OSCE has largely been side-lined, first by the West and more recently also by Russia. Even though it remains the only all-European regional organisation (also including the USA and Canada) it has been relegated to a subordinate position, charged with important, but “low-profile” and “low-politics” tasks such as election monitoring and mediation, while the more prestigious high-profile and high-politics tasks have been monopolised by the EU and NATO.
Bjørn Møller, 2009. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Losing its raison d’etre? In International Organisations: Their Role in Conflict Management, ed. Peter Dahl Thruelsen. Copenhagen: Royal Danish Defence College
(website in Danish, but access to download of the book in English)
In a chapter in "International Organisations: Their Role in Conflict Management" published in November 2009 by the Royal Danish Defence College, Senior Researcher Bjørn Møller argues that after the end of the Cold War, the OSCE has largely been side-lined, first by the West and more recently also by Russia. Even though it remains the only all-European regional organisation (also including the USA and Canada) it has been relegated to a subordinate position, charged with important, but “low-profile” and “low-politics” tasks such as election monitoring and mediation, while the more prestigious high-profile and high-politics tasks have been monopolised by the EU and NATO.
Bjørn Møller, 2009. The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Losing its raison d’etre? In International Organisations: Their Role in Conflict Management, ed. Peter Dahl Thruelsen. Copenhagen: Royal Danish Defence College
(website in Danish, but access to download of the book in English)
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
losing its raison d'etre?
International organisations : Royal Danish Defence College, 2009, pp 155-179