Misja OBWE w Skopje – świadek czy uczestnik trudnej transformacji?
The OSCE Mission in Skopje – a Witness or a Participant
of the Difficult Transformation Process?
Author(s): Piotr UhmaSubject(s): Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Military policy, Inter-Ethnic Relations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
Keywords: “OSCE Skopje”; OFA; WMRO-DPMNE; Tetovo; Gligorow; FYROM; Ohrid; Gruevski
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to present and offer a critical analysis of the achievements of the longest-running mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe– in Skopje. The author evaluates the reasons for the deployment of the mission against the background of the problems which the young republic faced after declaring independence in 1991, the dispute with Greece about the name of the country, and the strained ethnic relations with the growing number of citizens of ethnic Albanian nationality. Against the background of the history, the new tasks of the OSCE are presented, following the Ohrid Framework Agreement. The author concludes that the OSCE Missionin Skopje is still rather a witness to the events than a real driving force behind the change despite the significant achievements in the Balkan state.
Journal: Bezpieczeństwo. Teoria i Praktyka
- Issue Year: XV/2016
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 147-156
- Page Count: 10
- Language: Polish
