Center for Security Studies

Trust & Realpolitik: The OSCE in 2016

Euro Atlantic

Germany takes over the OSCE Chairmanship at a critical juncture in European security. Illusions of quick fixes to the deep strategic confrontation between Russia and the West should be avoided, but opportunities for practical confidence-building measures need to be seized, argue Christian Nünlist (CSS/ETH) and Petri Hakkarainen (GCSP) in an co-authored policy brief.

by Daniel Frey
Enlarged view: OSZE-Ministerrat in Belgrad
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier delivers a speech during the closing session of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Belgrade, 4 December 2015. OSCE / Jonathan Perfect
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