The CSCE in the 1990s: Constructing European Security and Cooperation

What are the challenges facing the CSCE in the wake of the end of the East-West conflict, the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the current upsurge of ethnic-nationalist conflicts? Can the CSCE make a substantial contribution to European stability and cooperation in the post-Cold War era? Are the CSCE"s human dimension, preventive diplomacy, and crisis management activities productively inter-locking with the efforts of NATO; the UN, and WEU to rebuild European, transatlantic and international security? Or is this ambitious endeavor already doomed to failure due to the CSCE"s pan-European membership, inter-institutional bureaucratic competition, and inherent structural weakness inherited from the Cold War era?
"The CSCE in the 1990s" is a comprehensive overview and penetrating analysis of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe by twenty eminent CSCE scholars and practitioners from ten different countries. Taken up are the recent qualitative advances of the CSCE, including its deepening cooperation with the UN, EU, NATO, and the Council of Europe; the special status of Japan; the strengthened role of NGOs; and the CSCE"s expanding mission activity to conflict regions.