Origins of the European Security System

This edited volume explores the significance of the earlyHelsinki process as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of security during the latter half of the Cold War. The early Helsinki process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and made human rights a requirement of a legitimate and well-functioning international sys

Andreas Wenger, Vojtech Mastny, Christian Nuenlist

Part1: Introduction 1. New Perspectives on the Origins of the CSCE Process Andreas Wenger and Vojtech Mastny Part2: The Superpowers and European Détente 2. North America, Atlanticism, and the Making of the Helsinki Final Act Michael Cotey Morgan 3. Henry Kissinger and the Reconceptualization of European Security, 1969-75 Jeremi Suri 4. The USSR and the Helsinki Process, 1969-75: Optimism, Doubt, or Defiance? Marie-Pierre Rey Part3: Eastern Strategies in the CSCE 5. The Warsaw Pact and the European Security Conference, 1964-69: Sovereignty, Hegemony, and the German Question Douglas Selvage 6. The GDR's Targets in the Early CSCE Process: Another Missed Opportunity to Freeze the Division of Germany, 1969-73 Federica Caciagli 7. 'Europe Must Not Become Greater Finland': Opponents of the CSCE: The German CDU/CSU and China Bernd Schaefer Part4: Western Strategies in the CSCE 8. The EC-Nine, the CSCE, and the Changing Pattern of European Security Daniel Möckli 9. From Linkage to Freer Movement: The Federal Republic of Germany and the Nexus between Western CSCE Preparations and Deutschlandpolitik, 1969-72 Petri Hakkarainen 10. 'It Was Cold War and We Wanted to Win': Human Rights, 'Détente', and the CSCE Floribert Baudet Part5: The Neutrals - Economics - Military Security 11. Expanding the East-West Dialogue beyond the Bloc Division: The Neutrals as Negotiators and Mediators, 1969-75 Christian Nuenlist 12. Helsinki and Rambouillet: US Attitudes towards Trade and Security during the Early CSCE Process, 1972-75 Duccio Basosi 13. The Link between CSCE and MBFR: Two Sprouts from One Bulb Helga Haftendorn