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Book Reviews BOOK REVIEWS William Korey, The Promises We Keep: Human Rights, the Helsinki Process, and American Foreign Policy St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993, 529 pp. The 1975 Helsinki Final Act was the culmination of nearly two decades of efforts by the Soviet Union to obtain legitimacy for Moscow's grip over its expanded post-war empire. It is no small irony, however, that the Helsinki Final Act became instead a rallying point for the oppressed peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, and the Soviet Union. Moreover, the meetings of the CSCE evolved into an almost constant review of the implemen- tation of the East with its human rights commitment and a forum to pressure recalcitrant regimes to reform. When the time was right, in the late 1980s, the CSCE served to foster and support the revolutionary changes then taking place. As recognition for this contribution to the end of the cold War, the CSCE was singled out at the 1990 Paris Summit as the framework in which North American-European political relations would be conducted for the foreseeable future. This view of the CSCE as a catalyst for historic change has become conventional wisdom. Until now, however, there http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights) Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0925-0972
eISSN
1571-814X
DOI
10.1163/157181494X00398
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BOOK REVIEWS William Korey, The Promises We Keep: Human Rights, the Helsinki Process, and American Foreign Policy St. Martin's Press, New York, 1993, 529 pp. The 1975 Helsinki Final Act was the culmination of nearly two decades of efforts by the Soviet Union to obtain legitimacy for Moscow's grip over its expanded post-war empire. It is no small irony, however, that the Helsinki Final Act became instead a rallying point for the oppressed peoples of Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic States, and the Soviet Union. Moreover, the meetings of the CSCE evolved into an almost constant review of the implemen- tation of the East with its human rights commitment and a forum to pressure recalcitrant regimes to reform. When the time was right, in the late 1980s, the CSCE served to foster and support the revolutionary changes then taking place. As recognition for this contribution to the end of the cold War, the CSCE was singled out at the 1990 Paris Summit as the framework in which North American-European political relations would be conducted for the foreseeable future. This view of the CSCE as a catalyst for historic change has become conventional wisdom. Until now, however, there

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Helsinki Monitor (in 2008 continued as Security and Human Rights)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1994

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