The Osce in the Maintenance of Peace and Security: Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management, and Peaceful Settlement of Disputes

This book illustrates the OSCE institutional system & critically evaluates its ability to cope with an evolving European security order. It extensively covers the three-fold core of the OSCE: human rights, peaceful settlement of disputes, & peace-keeping. In doing so, it includes discussion of the High Commissioner of National Minorities, long-term missions, peace-keeping instruments & OSCE relations with the United Nations & European security organizations, the Valletta mechanism, & the OSCE Court of Conciliation & Arbitration. The OSCE in the Maintenance of Peace & Security benefits from diverse perspectives via the efforts of lawyers, career diplomats, international relations scholars, & international officials. Its extensive index facilitates consultation on a broad range of complex issues including the practice of the Organization, with an analysis of case-studies such as Nagorno-Karabakh & the former Yugoslavia; the theoretical foundation of OSCE instruments & functions; & a chapter on OSCE's Mediterranean dimension, examining the OSCE periphery & the possibility of its geographical expansion. The OSCE in the Maintenance of Peace & Security's complete account of the OSCE structure, functions, & perspectives makes it an invaluable tool for lawyers, international relations experts, diplomats, & international civil servants.