The OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions has published its third project report entitled “Reviving Co-operative Security in Europe through the OSCE”. The report was presented at the Belgrade Security Forum on 1st October 2015 and was afterwards handed over to the Panel of Eminent Persons.
Seventeen of the key research institutes and university departments OSCE-wide contributed to this project by giving various perspectives on OSCE developments.
The paper is a summary report edited on the basis of the contributions received from the members of the OSCE research network. The topics cover the main functions of the OSCE, analyzing general trends for the future from a broad perspective and putting emphasis on recommendations for how to improve the organization’s position and efficiency in the field of cooperative security. This international project was coordinated by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and the final report was edited by FIIA’s director Teija Tiilikainen and research fellow Eeva Innola. The list of contributing institutions and authors can be found at the end of the report.
The elaboration of the present report would not have been possible without the generous support of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and the governments of Switzerland, Serbia and Ireland. The authors and the participating institutes express their sincere gratitude for the financial and intellectual support received.
Since 2013, PRIF has been part of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions. Dr Hans-Joachim Schmidt, Senior Research Fellow in Research Department “International Security and World Order”, represents PRIF in the network and contributed to the report. The network currently connects 46 academic institutions from 33 countries in Asia, Europe and the USA. It aims to improve communication between the institutions and the OSCE. The institutions also plan to develop and work on joint projects.
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