Review: The Csce in the I990S
| Published date | 01 December 1994 |
| Date | 01 December 1994 |
| Author | André Donneur |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070209404900418 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS
965
Europe
where
communism
has left
a
destructive
legacy.
He
sees
the
Conference on
Security
and Co-operation
in
Europe,
which
he
calls
democracy's
Trojan
Horse,
and
the Council
of
Europe,
which he
defines
as
democracy's
guardian,
as
the
two
institutions
that
can
help
the
central
European
states
to
adopt
liberal
institutions
and
processes
by
defining
standards,
aiding
and
scrutinizing
implementation,
and
applying
moral
suasion
to
forestall
regression.
He
makes
a
forceful
case
for
both
institutions.
All
in
all,
this
excellent
collection
deserves
a
broad audience.
Stanislav
Kirschbaum/Glendon
College,
York
University
THE
CSCE
IN
THE
1990S
Constructing
European
security
and
cooperation
Edited
by
Michael
R.
Lucas
Baden-Baden: Nomos
Verlagesellschaft,
1993,
xxviii,
396pp,
DM49
This collection
of
eighteen
studies
on the
activities
of
the Conference
on
Security
and
Co-operation
in
Europe
(CSCE)
since
its
institutional-
ization
at
the
Paris
summit
in
November
199o
is
divided
into
six
parts.
The
first
deals
with
the
new
security
framework
and
shows
the difficulty
of
defining
the
role
of
the
CSCE
in
the
construction
of
a
post-Cold
War
security
order.
Kari
M6tt6l1i
sees
the
CSCE
as
an
institution
that
embodies
a
security
regime;
co-operative security
characterizes
this
regime because
security
is
perceived
as
a
shared
responsibility,
peaceful
change
by
co-operation
is
viewed
as
important,
decision-making
is
based
on consensus,
and
relations
with
other
international
institutions
are
based
on co-operation.
Niels M61ler-Gulland
insists
on the
comple-
mentary
qualities
of
the
CSCE,
which,
in
contrast
to
the
North
Atlantic
Treaty
Organization
(NATO)
or
the
European
Union,
can
invent
new
procedures;
this
flexibility
was
essential
for
the creation,
in
Helsinki
in
1992,
of
the Forum
for
Security
Cooperation,
which
covers
all
arms
control
activities.
Francis
T.
Miko
argues
for
strengthening
the
cscE
without
weak-
ening
NATO.
Michael
Lucas
and
Oliver
Mietesch
show
the
difficulties
of
establishing
a
peaceful
settlement
within
the
framework
of
the
CSCE.
At
the
end of
this
section
Eric
Remacle
has
the
difficult
task
of
analyz-
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