Reviving Dialogue and Trust in the OSCE in 2018

Author(s): Christian Nünlist
Series: CSS Background Paper
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Place: Zürich

What key issues should the OSCE tackle under Italy’s 2018 chairmanship of the organization to ensure it remains relevant in an increasingly tense European security environment? To help provide answers, this report looks at 1) the geostrategic trends and societal changes that limit the role the OSCE can play in European security; 2) the current state of the organization; 3) how the organization’s members could conduct an open dialogue about threats, values and interests; 4) how the Ukraine crisis continues to cast a long shadow over the OSCE, and more.

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