The CSCE Follow-up Meeting in Vienna (1986–1989) ‒Struggling for Human Rights and European Security at the End of the Cold War

该项目涉及委员会在维也纳举行的第三次后续会议(1986-1989年)。尽管对委员会进程的兴趣与日俱增，但这次会议尚未得到历史学家应有的重视。人道主义层面和军事安全方面--谈判的两个核心问题--以及所涉国家和民间社会行为者对这一项目至关重要。会议结束时，双方在这两个领域达成了一项广泛的协议，因此，东西方冲突的结束在1989年初已经触手可及。本研究项目将通过研究六个在内容上相辅相成的关键主题，分析这是如何产生的，这在哪里归因于委员会进程中固有的某种逻辑，以及外部影响在哪里。其目的是将经社理事会进程定义为冷战最后阶段的一个动态因素，确立其作为东西方冲突缓和因素的重要性。

The project deals with the third CSCE Follow-up Meeting in Vienna (1986‒1989). In spite of the growing interest in the CSCE process this conference has not yet received the attention by historians it deserves. The humanitarian dimension and the aspect of military security – the two core matters of the negotiations – as well as the state and civil society actors involved are of central importance for this project. At the end of the meeting a broad agreement was reached in both fields, so that the end of the East-West conflict already came within reach in early 1989. This research project will analyse how this came about, where this was due to a certain logic inherent in the CSCE process and where to external influences, by studying six key themes which will complement one another in terms of their content. The aim is to define the CSCE process as a dynamic element in the final phase of the Cold War, establishing its significance as a factor of détente in the East-West conflict.