Renaissance of the OSCE: is it Possible amid Pandemic?

• Main Author: Shcherbak I
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Institute of Europe Russian Academy of Sciences 2020-03-01
• Series: Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН
• Subjects: architecture of the european security; geopolitical tension; comparative ad- vantages of the osce; anti-crises potential; collective response to new challenges; widening of the trust space; renaissance of the osce
• Online Access: http://vestnikieran.instituteofeurope.ru/images/Scherbak32020.pdf

The article devoted to the questions connected with the place and role of the OSCE in the architecture of the European security in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its influence on the activities of global and regional organizations. The author underlines incompatibility of the block approach to the maintenance of the European security and the need for collective actions of the regional organizations. The article analyses the potential and comparative advantages of the OSCE in the European security’s system. The perspective of possible renaissance of the OSCE as a pillar of the European security’s system are defined.