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The Politico-Military Dimension of OSCE Alyson J.K. Bailes 1 Politico-military issues have always been a part of the CSCE process and its successor, the OSCE , but with a significantly different content and overtones at different times. It was originally the NATO side that insisted on registering the need to address Europe’s problems of military confrontation as part of the CSCE CSCE ’s remit, as well as demanding tough and specific asymmetrical cuts from the Warsaw Pact in the framework of the separate Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions ( MBFR ) negotiations. In a later reversal of fortunes, CSCE was to provide the framework for launching an alternative ‘Conventional Armed Forces in Europe’ ( CFE ) arms control process, which eventually succeeded where MBFR failed in setting firm ceilings at least for major conventional armaments in Europe. 2 Special to CSCE from the start, however, was its very broad multi- functional agenda including the other two ‘baskets’ of economic relations and the human dimension. As the years have passed the balance of emphasis between CSCE ’s/ OSCE ’s original three dimensions has fluctuated, both in response to the radically changing demands of the European environment and because of
Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2006
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