Changing Ideologies in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

S-CAR Journal Article
Dennis Sandole
Dennis Sandole
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Changing Ideologies in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Authors: Sandole, Dennis J D.
DOI: 10.1177/0002716295542001009
Published Date: November 01, 1995
Volume: 542
Issue: 1
Pages: 131-147
ISSN: 00027162
Abstract

This article reports on a survey of the views of Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe elites on peace and security in post-Cold War Europe. The findings suggest that there appear to be three distinct meta-cultures developing in the new Europe: one comprises the former Yugoslavian republics (FYug), together with the former non-Soviet members of the Warsaw Pact (NSWP) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); another comprises the neutral and nonaligned (NNA); and the third comprises the former Soviet Union (FSU). The FYug-NSWP-NATO cluster appears to be more flexible—further away from Cold War Realpolitik and closer to an Idealpolitik framework—than are the NNA and FSU. This flexibility has also been suggested by the FYug-NSWP-NATO cluster's appearing to be more in favor of change in existing international mechanisms than are the NNA and FSU. The article concludes with recommendations about how Track 1 governments and international governmental organizations and Track 2 nongovernmental organizations can better integrate their peacekeeping and conflict resolution resources, especially in dealing with current and future Yugoslavias.

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