The results of the “Euro-Atlantic Security: The Role of the OSCE in the Changing World” essay contest for young foreign affairs specialists, organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) as part of the Helsinki+40 project are in. RIAC would like to thank everybody who took part in the contest and congratulate the winners!
The results of the “Euro-Atlantic Security: The Role of the OSCE in the Changing World” essay contest for young foreign affairs specialists, organized by the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) as part of the Helsinki+40 project are in. RIAC would like to thank everybody who took part in the contest and congratulate the winners!
1st Place:
Oleg Golishnikov, Master’s student at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics
“SMART Strategy for OSCE in a Changing World”
2nd Place:
Maxim Suchkov, Assistant Professor at Pyatigorsk State Linguistic University
“Needed as Never Before: The Future of OSCE in New Era of Old Challenges”
3rd Place:
Aleksei Ilyin, Master’s student at Texas A&M University
“Alignment with the ICC: A Case to Enforce Helsinki Decisions”
Sergei Rastoltsev, PhD student at the RAS Institute of World Economy and International Relations
“The OSCE’s Role in a Changing World: New Steps for the Future”
The winners’ essays will be published on the RIAC and OSCE Parliamentary Assembly websites.
About the Project
2015 will mark the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. In honour of the occasion, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has launched a project that is aimed at developing recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the Organization.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is carrying out the project in partnership with the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA), the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence (BFPE), the Swedish Institute for International Affairs and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS).