Publication

This monograph addresses the OSCE approach to security. It first provides a brief history of the OSCE, the work and effectiveness of its first High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Max van der Stoel, and the principles the OSCE designed to achieve international security. It then looks at three case studies - Ukraine and separatism in Crimea; Estonia and tensions regarding the Russian minority; and Macedonia and tensions regarding the Albanian minority - and how effective the implemented principles were in practice in each. The author concludes that the implementation of OSCE principles in Ukraine, Estonia, and Macedonia significantly increased security in these three countries and the OSCE region.