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Ontheotherhand,thereactionoftheOSCEstructurestotheeventsin
UkraineshowedtherelevanceoftheOrganisation’soperationalcapacities
inthefieldofcrisismanagement,especiallywhenguidedbystrong
politicalleadership.In2014,SwissforeignministerDidierBurkhalter,
thenchairman,mobilisedtheOSCE’sbroadrangeofinstruments,suchas
facilitatingdialogueandreconciliation,monitoringandcapacitybuilding.
NumerouseffortsbydifferentOSCEexecutivestructures(suchasthe
newlyestablishedSpecialMonitoringMissiontoUkraineortheWarsaw-
basedOfficeforDemocraticInstitutionsandHumanRights,ODIHR)have
proventheOSCE’soperationalrelevanceontheground,servingasatool
boxavailableforcrisismanagement.
Againstthisbackground,someobserversmightarguethattheOSCE
asanorganisationhasbeendeeplydamagedbythecrisisoftheEuropean
securityorder,leadingtotheend(oratleastthetemporarysuspension)ofthe
cooperativeapproachtosecuritytheOSCEstandsfor.Forthem,thecurrent
crisisisjustonemoreproofthattheOSCEisnotabletobringtofruitionthe
idealisticvisionofpeaceanddemocracyinEurope,promotedbytheCharter
ofParis,letaloneasystemofEuropeancollectivesecurity.
TheOSCEisindeedatacrucialpointinitshistory.However,this
contributionargues,thatitisnotdespite,butbecauseofthecurrent
crisisthattheOSCEismorerelevantthaneverandthatitiswellplaced
withintheEuropeansecurityarchitecturetocontributesubstantiallytothe
restorationofsecurityandstabilityinEurope,providedthatitgetsstrong
politicalbackingofitsparticipatingstatesforthefullimplementationofits
comprehensivesecurityconcept,includingthestrengtheningofthepolitico-
militarydimension.
Asthelargestregionalsecurityorganisationintheworld,through
itsgeographicalscope(bothEuro-AtlanticandEurasian,rangingfrom
VancouvertoVladivostok),itsbroadthematicapproachtocooperative
security(theconceptofcomprehensivesecurity,coveringapolitico-military,
economicandhumandimension),itsprinciples-basedcharacter(basedon
politicallybindingcommitments)anditsoperationalcharacterasaplatform
fordialogueandasatoolboxforcrisismanagement,theOSCEdelivers
addedvaluetotheEuropeansecurityarchitecture,compared,forexample,
toNATO,asanorganisationofcollectivedefence,ortotheCouncilof
Europe,basedonlegallybindingandjusticiablenorms.ToquoteSteinmeier:
“IfirmlybelievethatweneedtheOSCEduringthesestormytimesandthese
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