The CSCE and the End of the Cold War: Diplomacy, Societies and Human Rights, 1972-1990

Intro -- The CSCE and the End of theCold War -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of CSCE Meetings (1972-1992) -- Introduction -- Part I. Diplomats, Diplomacies and the Making of the CSCE -- Chapter 1. The Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1975-1990 -- Chapter 2. Executors or Creative Deal-Makers? -- Chapter 3. From Talleyrand to Sakharov -- Chapter 4. 'Human Rights, Peace and Security Are Inseparable' -- Part II. The Transnational Promotion of Human Rights and the Role of Dissidence -- Chapter 5. The Committee of Concerned Scientists and the Helsinki Final Act -- Chapter 6. Seeing the Value of the Helsinki Accords -- Chapter 7. The Importance of the Helsinki Process for the Opposition in Central and Eastern Europe and the We -- Chapter 8. The Limits of Repression -- Chapter 9. Helsinki at Home -- Part III. The Politics of the CSCE in Europe -- Chapter 10. European Détente and the CSCE -- Chapter 11. Saving Détente -- Chapter 12. Transformation by Linkage? -- Chapter 13. CSCE -- Conclusion -- Index

"From its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) provoked controversy. Today it is widely regarded as having contributed to the end of the Cold War. Bringing together new and innovative research on the CSCE, this volume explores questions key to understanding the Cold War: What role did diplomats play in shaping the 1975 Helsinki Final Act? How did that agreement and the CSCE more broadly shape societies in Europe and North America? And how did the CSCE and activists inspired by the Helsinki Final Act influence the end of the Cold War?"--

Since its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe has faced controversy. Today it is widely regarded as a contributing factor in the end of the Cold War, with some observers even claiming that it ushered in a "post-Westphalian" era in which multilateral diplomacy and social processes drive geopolitics. Bringing together new and innovative research on the CSCE, this volume revisits key questions in Cold War historiography: To what extent did states aid or resist the emergence of a "Helsinki paradigm?" Was the CSCE an effective response to democratic aspirations? And what was the role of nonstate actors in the eventual transformation of Europe?