OSCE Yearbook 2011

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OSCE Yearbook 2011
Yearbook on the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
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OSCE Yearbook
Volume 17 – 2011
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Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
at the University of Hamburg / IFSH (ed.)
OSCE Yearbook 2011
Yearbook on the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Edited by the IFSH in co-operation with
Jonathan Dean, Ambassador ret., Union of Concerned Scientists,
­Washington
Pál Dunay, Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Geneva
Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Member of the United Nations Secretary-General‘s
Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, Warsaw
Andrei Zagorski, Moscow State Institute for International Relations,
Moscow
Editor-in-Chief: Ursel Schlichting, Hamburg
Contributing Editors: Jens-Hagen Eschenbächer, ODIHR, Warsaw
Bernhard Knoll, ODIHR, Warsaw
Translator/Editor: Graeme Currie, Hamburg
Editor: Keith Semple, Hamburg
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Contents
Audronius Ažubalis
Foreword by the Chairperson-in-Office
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Ursel Schlichting
Preface
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Wolfgang Zellner
Obituary of Max van der Stoel
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I. States of Affairs – Affairs of State
The OSCE and European Security
Marc Perrin de Brichambaut
Six Years as OSCE Secretary General:
An Analytical and Personal Retrospective
25
Pál Dunay
Kazakhstan’s Unique OSCE Chairmanship in 2010
49
Ian Cliff
The Corfu Process – What Was It All About?
65
The OSCE Participating States:
Domestic Developments and Multilateral Commitment
Ian Kelly
The Abiding US Regional Engagement through the OSCE
79
Elena Kropatcheva
Presidential Election in Belarus in 2010:
The Winner Takes It All?
87
Payam Foroughi
Politics and Human Rights in Tajikistan:
Squandered Opportunities, Uncertain Future
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II. Responsibilities, Instruments, Mechanisms,
and Procedures
Conflict Prevention and Dispute Settlement
Claudio Formisano/Georgia Tasiopoulou
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo: A Performance Appraisal
127
Claus Neukirch
From Confidence Building to Conflict Settlement in Moldova?
137
Carel Hofstra
Police Development Activities of the OSCE in Armenia
151
Hans-Joachim Schmidt
Could War Return to Nagorno-Karabakh?
167
Arne C. Seifert
The Political Process in Central Asia and the System Question
181
Comprehensive Security: The Three Dimensions and
Cross-Dimensional Challenges
Pierre von Arx
Recent Developments in the Field of Arms Control and
Confidence- and Security-Building Measures
201
Focus on ODIHR: 20 Years of Democracy and
Human Rights Support
Douglas Wake
ODIHR at 20: Promoting Human Rights and Democracy
in a Complex International Environment
227
Christian Strohal
More Must Be Done. The OSCE and the Protection of
Human Rights after the Astana Summit
241
Jens-Hagen Eschenbächer/Bernhard Knoll
The OSCE Astana Summit from a Human Dimension
Perspective: A New Momentum for Advancing Human Rights
and Democracy in the Region?
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Geert-Hinrich Ahrens
Election Observation and Its Parliamentary Dimension:
15 Years of Co-operation
265
Grigorii V. Golosov
Democracy as a System of Institutions and Practices:
The Dynamic Legacies and Living Commitments
of Key OSCE Documents
277
Adam Bodnar/Eva Katinka Schmidt
Rule of Law and Judicial Independence in Eastern Europe,
the South Caucasus, and Central Asia
289
Andrzej Mirga
Roma and Sinti: Status and Outlook
303
Nadezda Shvedova
The OSCE Copenhagen and Moscow Documents:
A Short Commentary on the OSCE’s Contributions
to Gender Equality in Political and Public Life
319
Andreea Vesa/Kristin van der Leest
Towards a Strategic Approach in Applying Gender-Sensitive
Indicators: Guidance for OSCE Programming
331
Pavel Chacuk
ODIHR’s Contribution to Human Rights Education
in the OSCE Area
347
Snježana Bokulić/Assia Ivantcheva
ODIHR and Civil Society: 20 Years of Promoting Human Rights
in the OSCE Area
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Liane Adler
National Human Rights Institutions in the OSCE Area:
Taking Stock of an Innovative Concept
379
Karin Esposito/Ruben-Erik Diaz-Plaja
Parliaments in the Principles and Practice of the OSCE
393
Jos Boonstra/Natalia Shapovalova/Richard Youngs
Reviving OSCE Democracy Support
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III. Organizational Aspects
External Relations and Influence
Rita Marascalchi/Oleksandr Pavlyuk
The OSCE and Change in the South Mediterranean:
A New Opportunity for the OSCE Mediterranean Partnership?
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Timur Dadabaev
The Evolution of Japanese Diplomacy towards Central Asia
since the Collapse of the Soviet Union
441
Annexes
Forms and Forums of Co-operation in the OSCE Area
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The 56 OSCE Participating States – Facts and Figures
463
OSCE Conferences, Meetings, and Events 2010/2011
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OSCE Selected Bibliography 2010/2011
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Abbreviations
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Contributors
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