IFSH: Yearbook 2015

I. States of Affairs – Affairs of State

Focus: The OSCE and European Security 40 Years after Helsinki

Not a Concert of Powers, But an Ensemble of Peace: What We Can Learn from Helsinki for European Security in the 21st Century

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

The CSCE up to the End of the Cold War: What It Achieved and Where It Failed

Reinhard Mutz

The Geopolitics of European Security and Co-operation: The Consequences of US-Russia Tension

Matthew Rojansky

Russia and the West in the European Security Architecture: Clash of Interests or a Security Dilemma?

Mikhail Troitskiy

On Reinvigorating European Security

David J. Galbreath

The Ukraine Crisis and the Role of the OSCE from a French Perspective

Maxime Lefebvre

The OSCE Participating States: Domestic Developments and Multilateral Commitment

Consolidation in Georgia: Democracy or Power?

David Aprasidze

The Relationship between Religious and National Elements in the Social Consciousness of Tajiks

Ghaffor J. Mirzoev

Islamist Threats to Central Asia

Thomas Kunze / Michail Logvinov

The Political Requirements for IS Prevention in Central Asia

Arne C. Seifert

Nationalism, EU Integration, and Stability in the Western Balkans

Jenny Nordman

Capitalizing on Fear: The Rise of Right-Wing Populist Movements in Western Europe

Daniela Pisoiu / Reem Ahmed

II. Responsibilities, Instruments, Mechanisms, and Procedures

Conflict Prevention and Dispute Settlement

Non-Citizens in Estonia and Latvia: Time for Change in Changing Times?

Jennifer Croft

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan

Gyorgy Szabo

The Current and Future Challenges for the OSCE Mission to Moldova

Samuel Goda

Focus on the Ukraine Crisis

Mediation in the Crisis in Eastern Ukraine up to 23 June 2015

Heidi Tagliavini

The Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in Its Second Year: Ongoing OSCE Conflict Management in Ukraine

Claus Neukirch

The OSCE and the Crisis in and around Ukraine: First Lessons for Crisis Management

Fred Tanner

OSCE/ODIHR’s Responses to the Crisis in and around Ukraine

Jean P. Froehly

The Link between Conventional Arms Control and Crisis Management

Hans-Joachim Schmidt

The OSCE’s Contrasting Roles in Managing the Ukraine/Crimea Crises in 1992-96 and 2014-15

P. Terrence Hopmann

Comprehensive Security: The Three Dimensions and Cross-Dimensional Challenges

How Tolerant Do Religions Need to Be to Serve Peace? Considerations of Tolerance and Satire after the Attacks in Paris and Copenhagen in January and February 2015

Reinhold Mokrosch

Managing Migration in the Mediterranean: Is the EU Failing to Balance State Security, Human Security, and Human Rights?

Omar Grech / Monika Wohlfeld

The OSCE and the Arms Trade Treaty: Complementarity and Lessons Learned

Paul Holtom

The 1999-2004 Georgia Border Monitoring Operation and the 2005-2009 Follow-up Projects – Lessons Learned and Potential Offerings for Future Engagement

Rory McCorley

III. Organizational Aspects

OSCE Institutions and Structures

Civil Society in the OSCE: From Human Rights Advocacy to Peacebuilding

Natascha Cerny Ehtesham / Laurent Goetschel

Annexes

Back to Diplomacy: Final Report and Recommendations of the Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project
Forms and Forums of Co-operation in the OSCE Area
The 57 OSCE Participating States – Facts and Figures
OSCE Conferences, Meetings, and Events 2014/2015
OSCE Selected Bibliography 2014/2015
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Contributors