Helsinki+40 in the Historical Context

Author(s): Christian Nünlist
Journal Title: Security and Human Rights
Volume: 25 (2014)
Pages: 198-209
Publication Year: 2015

The Ukraine Crisis has negatively impacted the reform process Helsinki+40' of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The idea to conclude this process by holding an OSCE summit in 2015, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, evaporated after Russia's annexation of Crimea. To overcome the differences with Moscow, it is necessary to compare two radically different narratives on the evolution of the OSCE after 1990. As long as historical facts are mixed with myths, a common vision of European security between Russia and the West remains a distant dream. In the meantime, common security' might be more relevant for today's OSCE than common values'.

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