Building Bridges for Everyone: Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014 – Christian Nünlist

Title: Building Bridges for Everyone: Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014
Author: Christian Nünlist

Building Bridges for Everyone: Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014 [Nünlist]

Abstract

In 2014, Switzerland is chairing the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for the second time. The innovative concept of a two-year tandem presidency together with Serbia (2015) will give the OSCE more continuity. Switzerland will focus its activities on mediating in conflicts in the Western Balkans and Southern Caucasus, on modernizing conventional arms control in Europe, and tackling transnational threats such as kidnapping for ransom. For Switzerland, the 2014 Chairmanship of the OSCE offers the opportunity to break out of its self-imposed political isolation in Europe and to make its preventive peace policy and its established good offices more visible internationally.

Keywords

Chairmanship-in-Office; Switzerland; neutrality; Western Balkans; Southern Caucasus; conventional arms control; kidnapping for ransom

Metadata

Title: Building Bridges for Everyone: Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014
Author: Christian Nünlist
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18750230-02404009
Language: English
Year: 2013
Volume: 24
Issue: 3–4
Pages: 355–372
In: Security and Human Rights
E-ISSN: 1875-0230