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As OSCE Turns 40, It's Ready to Reinvent Itself for the Modern Era

Interview with Andrey Kortunov Having been created more than a generation ago by the 1975 Helsinki Final Act, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) now faces one of the greatest tests of its relevancy and effectiveness since it was created as it searches for a resolution to the Ukrainian crisis. All this as the OSCE prepares to commemorate its 40 th anniversary in 2015. To discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the OSCE and the world in the new post-Cold War era, Russia Direct sat down with Andrey Kortunov, General ...

06.04.2015

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OSCE Faces a Choice

... the issue of a rapid response by the OSCE to crisis and conflict situations run into two main problems, and if these are not solved we will not be able to achieve a substantial strengthening of the organisation, and its activity in the context of the Ukrainian crisis will remain just an episode which does not change the general trend towards the OSCE’s marginalisation in the European security architecture. The first problem is the extremely low negotiating power of the OSCE member states, which has consistently and rapidly declined over the last 15 years. This has resulted in a paradoxical situation: today the OSCE has incomparably ...

24.09.2014

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)