The OSCE and the Effectiveness of their Conflict Management and Missions (PDF)

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, grade: 1,0, , language: English, abstract: In this paper, it will be analysed if the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) is able to successfully manage conflicts within Europe on the example of two case studies. Furthermore, to evaluate the OSCES`s effectiveness, a closer look at the different organs has to be done. In the essay conflict management will be also referred to as conflict resolution.

The world has never been peaceful, there were always conflicts around that states, people and organizations had to deal with. Today most of these conflicts have been mostly forgotten. However, even though the absolute number of war deaths has declined since 1946, the overall numbers of ongoing conflicts each years has increased, compared to the World War ¿ period. This increase is related to the more and more civil conflicts arising, on the contrary the conflicts between states have almost ceased to exit. Also the scale of conflicts has changed. Nowadays the world has to deal with small scale conflicts rather than large scale conflicts.

The OSCE aims at preventing and managing these conflicts within Europe. They have developed several activities to prevent and consolidate peace through eliminating the root causes of tension. They do so by strengthening the respect for human rights, building democratic institutions and fostering economic and social progress within and between States.