IFSH: Yearbook 2001

Preface

Mircea Geoana

Foreword

Ursel Schlichting

I. The Situation

OSCE: Developments and Prospects

Is the OSCE Underestimated?

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

The Vienna Ministerial Council Meeting and Its Aftermath: Coping with the Russian Malaise

Victor-Yves Ghebali

Reflecting on the "Circle of 55"

João de Lima Pimentel

The Austrian OSCE Chairmanship – A Retrospective View

Anselm Skuhra / Michael Merlingen

The Interests and the Commitment of the OSCE States

Change of Government in Belgrade. The Return of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the OSCE

Matthias Z. Karádi

The Evolution of the OSCE – A Perspective from the Netherlands

Johannes C. Landman

The OSCE – A Danish View

Skjold G. Mellbin

Turkmenistan and the OSCE

Bess Brown

II. Responsibilities, Instruments, Mechanisms and Procedures

Conflict Prevention and Settlement of Disputes

On the Razor's Edge: Macedonia Ten Years after Independence

Alice Ackermann

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo

Daan W. Everts

The OSCE Presence in Albania: From a State of Emergency to a Consolidated State

Kathleen Imholz

Croatia – A New Era?

Walter J. Fend

Conflict Constellations in Central Asia – Challenges for the OSCE

Rainer Hermann

No End to the War in Chechnya without Negotiations

Alfred Missong

Conflict Prevention and Conflict Management in Georgia – The Activities of a Personal Representative of the OSCE Chair

Heidi Tagliavini

OSCE Conflict Management in Georgia: The Political Context

Hans-Georg Heinrich

The Human Dimension and the Development of Democracy

Human Rights and Political Interests – Is there a Double Standard?

Hans-Joachim Heintze

The Women's Role In Armed Conflicts

Sonja Lokar

OSCE and Forced Displacement: An Area for Expansion?

Christina Boswell

Roma in Bulgaria: Human Rights and State Policies

Savelina Danova-Russinova

The Building of Co-operative Security

Democratic Control of Armed Forces in the OSCE Area: Problems and Challenges

Andrew Cottey

The CFE Process after the Second Review Conference of the Treaty

Pál Dunay

Success or Failure? CSBMs in the Post-Cold War Environment

Zdzislaw Lachowski / Adam Daniel Rotfeld

OSCE International Police Missions

Thorsten Stodiek

Economic Transformation and Limitation of New Risks

Approaches to Economic and Environmental Policy in OSCE Field Missions

Frank Evers

III. Organizational Aspects

OSCE Institutions and Structures

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly – Growth in Recent Years

Helle Degn

OSCE: Reform, Form or Format?

Lars Vissing

Ten Years of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights – An Interim Assessment

Randolf Oberschmidt

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Dušan Reljić

Ten Years of the Conflict Prevention Centre – Origins and Development

Heinz Vetschera

Training and Capacity-Building of OSCE Staff

Gudrun Steinacker / Thomas Neufing

External Relations and Influences

The OSCE and South Korea

Soong Hee Lee

The OSCE – An Unsuitable Model for the ASEAN Regional Forum?

Mark Manger

The Asian Dimension of the OSCE

Thomas M. Buchsbaum

Non-Governmental Organizations and the OSCE

Kurt P. Tudyka

Annex

Vienna Declaration on the Role of the OSCE in South-Eastern Europe
Statement by the Chairperson-in-Office
Decisions of the Eighth Ministerial Council
OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons
Forms and Forums of Co-operation in the OSCE Area
The 56 OSCE Participating States – Facts and Figures
OSCE Conferences, Meetings, and Events 2000/2001
OSCE Selected Bibliography 2000/2001
Abbreviations
Contributors