OSCE
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the largest security organization in the world and includes participating states from the United States to Kazakhstan. It is the only forum besides the United Nations with both Russia and the United States as participants. In 2025, the OSCE will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, the basis of the organization.
Highlights
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Human Rights and the OSCE: A Conversation with Matteo Mecacci, Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
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The OSCE in 2024: A Conversation with Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta
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The Current Challenges and Future of OSCE: A Conversation with OSCE Secretary General Helga Schmid
Watch the discussion with Helga Maria Schmid, the Secretary General of the OSCE, on current challenges facing the OSCE and how the Organization sees its future role in European and Eurasian security, including in post-conflict Ukraine. The discussion was chaired by Ambassador (ret.) Philip Reeker, Chair of the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program.
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The OSCE Today: A Conversation with Bujar Osmani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia
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Uncommon Cause: The Future of the OSCE
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Europe Whole and Free? The Future of the OSCE
Woodrow Wilson Center Event Marking the 30th Anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe in cooperation with the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission)