Structuring Security: Dialogue and Arms Control in the OSCE Area

The VCDNP, with the support of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, conducted a one-day workshop on “Arms Control Dialogue in the OSCE Area: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future?” on 13 April 2018 for the participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The report entitled "Structuring Security: Dialogue and Arms Control in the OSCE Area," builds on the workshop’s discussions and offers concrete recommendations on how to revitalize dialogue and arms control in the OSCE area. It follows a three-stage approach for structuring security. The first stage focuses on how to regain trust through diplomatic dialogue based on lessons learned from the Cold War. The second stage explores a new generation of confidence- and security-building measures (CSBMs) with a particular focus on risk-reduction measures as currently discussed in the framework of the Structured Dialogue. The third stage outlines future and more far-ranging CSBMs and arms control measures for Europe in the conventional and nuclear realms. Each stage comes with a number of key takeaways.

Read the full report here.