OSCE Yearbook 2013: Yearbook on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

by Bloomsbury Publishing

Overview

This book details the responsibilities and activities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Chapters range from conflict prevention and crisis management via the promotion of democracy and human rights to arms control – with each chapter including analysis and reports on political and diplomatic practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474228343
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	04/23/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	765 KB

About the Author

The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy is an independent research institution at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Table of Contents

Foreword by the Chairperson-in-Office, Leonid Kozhara

Preface, Ursel Schlichting

I. States of Affairs – Affairs of State

The OSCE and European Security

The Helsinki +40 Process: A Chance to Assess the Relevance of the OSCE's Comprehensive Security Model in the 21st Century, Marcel Peško

Russian-US Relations: Beyond the Reset Policy, Victor Mizin

A Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Security Community: A New Role for the OSCE, Adam Daniel Rotfeld

The OSCE Participating States: Domestic Developments and Multilateral Commitment

Switzerland's OSCE Chairmanship in 2014: A Challenge and an Opportunity, Daniel Trachsler

Armenia in 2013: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Hans-Jochen Schmidt

Kazakhstan: Will Conservative Modernization Succeed?, Sebastian Schiek

II. Responsibilities, Instruments, Mechanisms and Procedures

Conflict Prevention and Dispute Settlement

Early Warning and Early Action: Current Developments in OSCE Conflict Prevention Activities, Claus Neukirch

Comprehensive Security: The Three Dimensions and Cross-Dimensional Challenges

Internet Freedom: Past and Current Challenges, Dunja Mijatovic

Focus on Transnational Threats and Challenges: Policing, Anti-Terrorism, and Border Management

Transnational Threats and Challenges: An Emerging Key Focus of the OSCE, Wolfgang Zellner

The OSCE Strategic Framework for Police-Related Activities, Thorsten Stodiek

OSCE Action against Terrorism: Consolidation, Continuity, and Future Focus, Reinhard Uhrig and Ben Hiller

Borders and Borderlands: Working across the Lines That Divide Us in Central Asia, Roman Makukha, Penny Satches Brohs and Jonathan Trumble

Community Policing in Germany, Thomas Feltes

The European Border Surveillance System EUROSUR: The Computerization, Standardization, and Virtualization of Border Management in Europe, Sabrina Ellebrecht

The OSCE's Final Frontier, Kurt P. Tudyka

III. Organizational Aspects

OSCE Institutions and Structures

Ireland's 2012 Chairmanship of the OSCE, Frank Cogan

The OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions: Baby Steps, Wolfgang Zellner

OSCE Public Diplomacy – From Communiqués to Cyberspace, Cathie Burton

External Relations and Influence

OSCE Engagement with Afghanistan: Recent Developments, Opportunities, and Challenges, Arantzazu Pagoaga Ruiz de la Illa

Mediation and Conflict Resolution in the Arab World: The Role of the Arab League, Hesham Youssef

Appendices:

Forms and Forums of Co-operation in the OSCE Area
The 57 OSCE Participating States – Facts and Figures
OSCE Conferences, Meetings, and Events 2012/2013
OSCE Selected Bibliography 2012/2013
Abbreviations
Contributors