From Helsinki to Belgrade

From Helsinki to Belgrade
Author: Vladimir Bilandžić
Publisher: V&R unipress GmbH
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012
Genre: History
ISBN: 3899719387

After the heads of state and government of almost all European countries, the USA, and Canada signed the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in Helsinki on August 1st, 1975, little was heard about the CSCE process. However, far away from the headline-grabbing meetings between the leading politicians of the USA and the USSR as well as the Geneva negotiations on disarmament, the Helsinki process proved to be an efficient framework for the East-West negotiations. The inconclusive Belgrade CSCE Meeting of 1977-1978 - after six months the delegations were only able to agree on a brief final document - was nevertheless a significant milestone for the CSCE process itself: negotiation rules were drawn up, interpreted, negotiated and re-negotiated. The contributions to this volume offer solid insights into the follow-up meeting in Belgrade in 1977/78, the Cold War, and in particular the CSCE process.

From Helsinki to Vienna

From Helsinki to Vienna
Author: Arie Bloed
Publisher: Brill Archive
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780792308522

The Final Act

The Final Act
Author: Michael Cotey Morgan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691210462

The definitive account of the historic diplomatic agreement that provided a blueprint for ending the Cold War The Helsinki Final Act was a watershed of the Cold War. Signed by thirty-five European and North American leaders at a summit in Finland in the summer of 1975, the document presented a vision for peace based on common principles and cooperation across the Iron Curtain. The Final Act is the first in-depth history of the diplomatic saga that produced this important agreement. This gripping book explains the Final Act's emergence from the parallel crises of the Soviet bloc and the West during the 1960s and the conflicting strategies that animated the negotiations. Drawing on research in eight countries and multiple languages, The Final Act shows how Helsinki provided a blueprint for ending the Cold War and building a new international order.

The Long D‚tente

The Long D‚tente
Author: Oliver Bange
Publisher: Central European University Press
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2017-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9633861276

This book presents pieces of evidence, which ? taken together ? lead to an argument that goes against the grain of the established Cold War narrative. The argument is that a ?long d‚tente? existed between East and West from the 1950s to the 1980s, that it existed and lasted for good (economic, national security, societal) reasons, and that it had a profound impact on the outcome of the conflict between East and West and the quintessentially peaceful framework in which this ?endgame? was played. New, Euro-centered narratives are offered, including both West and East European perspectives. These contributions point to critical inconsistencies and inherent problems in the traditional U.S. dominated narrative of the ?Victory in the Cold War.? The argument of a ?long d‚tente? does not need to replace the ruling American narrative. Rather, it can and needs to be augmented with European experiences and perceptions. After all, it was Europe ? its peoples, societies, and states ? that stood both at the ideological and military frontline of the conflict between East and West, and it was here that the struggle between liberalism and communism was eventually decided.

The Social Construction of Man, the State and War

The Social Construction of Man, the State and War
Author: Franke Wilmer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2004-04-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135956227

Combining detailed analysis with a close reading of historical narratives, documentary evidence and first-hand interviews, this is the first book on conflict to look seriously at the issue of ethnic identity and what it means for future peace.

Minorities in the Balkans

Minorities in the Balkans
Author: Vladimir Ortakovski
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021-10-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 900447899X

This unique book examines the international law of minority rights as it has been applied in the Balkans since the First World War, contending that this region, where minority rights issues are acute and abundant, holds the promise of an enforceable regime of international minority rights that would promote both human rights law and peace in the Balkans. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

The Legacy of Yugoslavia

The Legacy of Yugoslavia
Author: Othon Anastasakis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-06-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1788317971

What are the consequences of Yugoslavia's existence – and breakup – for the present? This book reflects on this very question, identifying and analysing the political legacies left behind by Yugoslavia through the prism of continuities and ruptures between the past and present of the area. After the collapse of Yugoslavia, it's former states adopted a nation-building process which opted to eradicate the past as such an approach seemed more convenient for the new national projects. The new states adopted new institutions, new market-oriented economic paradigms and new national symbols. Yugoslavia existed for 70 years and to consider the current political situation in post-Yugoslav states such as Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Kosovo without taking into account the legacy and remnants of Yugoslavia is to discount a vital part of their political history. This volume takes a multi-disciplinary and multi-faceted approach to examining the legacy of Yugoslavia, covering politics, society, international relations and economics. Focusing on distinctive features of Yugoslavia including worker self-management, the combination of liberalism and communism and the Cold War policy of Non-Alignment, The Legacy of Yugoslavia places Yugoslavia in historical perspective and connects the region's past with its contemporary political situation.

Caught Between Borders

Caught Between Borders
Author: Marc Vincet
Publisher: Pluto Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2001-10-20
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780745318189

Aid workers and social scientists from around the world examine internally displaced people in different countries, different settings, and different phases of displace to elucidate response mechanisms during displacement. They look at such questions as what refugees do for themselves and their community, their resources and goals, and challenges at different phases of the process. Distributed in the US by Stylus Publishing. c. Book News Inc.

A precarious equilibrium

A precarious equilibrium
Author: Umberto Tulli
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2020-02-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526146010

Human rights and détente inextricably intertwined during Carter’s years. By promoting human rights in the USSR, Carter sought to build a domestic consensus for détente; through bipolar dialogue, he tried to advance human rights in the USSR. But, human rights contributed to the erosion of détente without achieving a lasting domestic consensus.

NATO

NATO
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Total Pages: 146
Release: 1979
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