Building Bridges for Everyone: Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014
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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.
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Quoted in D. Kelin, ‘Russia and the OSCE’, in International Affairs, 2013, no. 1, pp. 89-99, p. 89.
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W. Richter, ‘Sicherheitsgemeinschaft OSZE’, in SWP-Aktuell, 2013, no. 17, p. 3.
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C. Nünlist, ‘Die Schweiz ist eine Mini-OSZE: Perspektiven auf das Schweizer Vorsitzjahr 2014’, in Bulletin zur schweizerischen Sicherheitspolitik, 2013, pp. 11-41, at 23f. See also D. Trachsler, ‘Der OSZE-Vorsitz der Schweiz 2014: Herausforderung und Chance’ in Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (ed.), OSZE-Jahrbuch 2013, Baden-Baden, forthcoming in 2014.
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14
P. Widmer, Schweizerische Aussenpolitik und Diplomatie, Zurich, 2003, pp. 383-393.
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15
H.-D. Genscher, Erinnerungen, Berlin, 1995, p. 304, translated from German.
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16
E. Brunner, Lambris dorés et coulisses: Souvenirs d’un diplomate, Geneva, 2001, p. 53, translated from French.
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17
Quoted in Rosin, Schweiz im KSZE-Prozess, p. 130, translated from German.
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18
Quoted in C. Nünlist, ‘Skepsis gegenüber Aktivismus der Schweiz: Neue Perspektiven zur KSZE-Politik von 1972 bis 1975’, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 26 July 2005, p. 13.
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23
See W. Kemp, ‘The OSCE Chairmanship: Captain or Figurehead?’, in Security and Human Rights, 2009, no. 1, pp. 9–12.
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29
T. Fuster, ‘Einigung im Kosovokonflikt’, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 19 April 2013, p. 5.
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31
See D. Trachsler, ‘Representing Foreign Interests: Rebirth of a Swiss Tradition?’, in CSS Analysis in Security Policy, 2012, no. 108.
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34
See A. Hess Sargsyan, ‘Nagorno-Karabakh: Obstacles to a Negotiated Settlement’, in CSS Analysis in Security Policy, 2013, no. 131.
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A. Peterson, ‘Kerry, Go Fix Karabakh!’ in The National Interest, 24 July 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014, http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/kerry-go-fix-karabakh-8765.
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39
M. Bieri and C. Nünlist, ‘The Future of Conventional Arms Control in Europe’, in CSS Analysis in Security Policy, 2013, no. 146.
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42
See M. Bieri, ‘Helsinki+40’, ISN Blog, 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014, http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail/?id=170391; S. Liechenstein, ‘The Helsinki+40 Process: Determining the Future of the OSCE’, Security and Human Rights Blog, 23 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014, http://www.shrblog.org/blog/The_Helsinki_40_Process__Determining_the_Future_of_the_OSCE.html?id=401.
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S. Gemperli, ‘Befrachtetes OSZE-Jahr’, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 27 November 2013, p. 13.
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See C. Strohal, ‘Konsolidierung und neue Herausforderung: das ODIHR im 30. Jahr der OSZE’, in OSZE-Jahrbuch, 2005, pp. 335-354.
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M. Häfliger, ‘Didier Burkhalter: Der doppelte Präsident’, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 2 December 2013, p. 7.
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Ibid., p. 24.
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D. Trachsler, ‘Ein geschickter Schachzug’, in Tages-Anzeiger, 8 July 2013, p. 7. See also S. Gemperli, ‘Kandidatur für UNO-Sicherheitsrat in Prüfung’, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 13 August 2010, p. 9.
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See also W. Zellner, ‘Die Schweiz beweist Mut zur Verantwortung in Europa’, in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 18 December 2013, p. 21.
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Building Bridges for Everyone: Switzerland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2014
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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.
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