Among the multitude of international organizations existing today, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is a unique case. It brings together 57 states across three continents in an effort to build peace and prosperity based ... ... maintenance of a constructive relationship between participating states. This point appears to have returned today, when during the Ukrainian crisis, the OSCE has proved to be the only institution of European security that could engage all parties of the conflict ...
... and Eurasian security remained shaky and unstable. In this context, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), as the most comprehensive and inclusive international organization in the region, should reconsider its approach to building ... ... more erratic, unsettled and devoid of behavioral regularities.
2. International institutions are playing catch-up
“The Ukrainian crisis – and prior to that, the crisis in the Middle East – underscored the evanescence of many post-Cold ...
Interview with Andrei Zagorski
In the run-up to the international seminar “Helsinki +40: Prospects for strengthening the OSCE”, which will be held by the Russian International Affairs Council, we talked to Professor
Andrei Zagorski
of MGIMO ... ... 1990s, when the Organisation often had to improvise but at the same time played a more prominent role in resolving crises.
The Ukrainian crisis has shown that the OSCE has forgotten to make flexible and creative use of the potential that it has. In the ...