IFSH: Yearbook 2016

Foreword by the Chairperson-in-Office

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Preface

Ursel Schlichting

I. States of Affairs – Affairs of State

The OSCE and European Security

The OSCE’s Engagement in Response to the Crisis in Ukraine: Meeting New Challenges with New Solutions

Marcel Peško

Old and New Challenges for the OSCE

Wolfgang Zellner

From Lisbon to Hamburg – Supporting a New Start in Conventional Arms Control in Europe. Arms Control and Confidence- and Security-Building Measures under Germany’s OSCE Chairmanship in 2016

Patricia Flor

Reviving Conventional Arms Control in Europe. A Contribution to Military Stability in Times of Crisis

Wolfgang Richter

The OSCE’s Role in Conflict Management: What Happened to Co-operative Security?

P. Terrence Hopmann

The OSCE Participating States: Domestic Developments and Multilateral Commitment

Co-operative Security in 21st Century Europe: A Diplomatic Caucus Race?

Sian MacLeod

Brexit: The Mainstreaming of Right-Wing Populist Discourse

Reem Ahmed

II. Responsibilities, Instruments, Mechanisms, and Procedures

Conflict Prevention and Dispute Settlement

The Four-Day War Has Diminished the Chances of Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh

Hans-Joachim Schmidt

Supporting Reform, Dialogue, and Crisis Response in Ukraine

Vaidotas Verba

Between Strategic Re-orientation and Operational Fixes: Current Challenges and Opportunities in Strengthening Early Warning and Early Action as Part of OSCE Crisis and Conflict Prevention

Nico Schernbeck

OSCE Peacekeeping – Conceptual Framework and Practical Experience

Larissa Daria Meier

Creating Political Oxygen to Break the Cycle of Violence 1981-1994: Lessons from the Northern Ireland Peace Process

Geoffrey Corry / Pat Hynes / Kieran Doyle