Modern “Don-Quixotism” or an Emerging Norm of International Relations? Prevention of Armed Conflicts in EU and the Organization for Security [...]
Modern “Don-Quixotism” or an Emerging Norm of International Relations? Prevention of Armed Conflicts in EU and the Organization for Security [...]

Summary/Abstract: The prevention of armed conflicts is stated as the priority policy of various international organizations, among which the EU and the OSCE. Based on the semi-structured interviews with high bureaucrats and civilian experts, who are engaged in conflict prevention policies within the two international organizations, the article compares the development and implementation of EU and OSCE strategies to prevent armed conflicts. With the support of the second method, the analysis of primary and secondary sources regarding the prevention of armed conflicts (legal acts, e. g. declarations, resolutions, action-plans and other documents the EU and the OSCE have adopted), the author tries to answer the research questions through three domains: (1) what are the connecting points between the conflict prevention policies led by the EU and those led by the OSCE ; (2) what are the differences among them; and (3) what are the lessons learned/good practices and what could be done in order to make the EU and the OSCE

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