The Future of the Conference in Security and Cooperation in Europe

The end of the Cold War has brought an apparent decline in the importance of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), a forum known primarily for its struggle against human rights violations in the countries of the former eastern bloc.

The end of the Cold War has brought an apparent decline in the importance of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), a forum known primarily for its struggle against human rights violations in the countries of the former eastern bloc.

On September 26, 1994, the United States Institute of Peace convened a roundtable of CSCE practitioners and experts to discuss the forum’s future role in post-Cold War Europe. This report contains the views of several of the forums key participants.


The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s).

PUBLICATION TYPE: Special Report