EU and OSCE as Regional 'Human Security' Providers

Scientific Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Security grade: A Bilkent University course: Human Security; EU; OSCE; Karabakh conflict; Caucasus language: English abstract: The aim of this research paper is to describe the shift towards the concept of HumanSecurity. Firstly an overview of the literature regarding this topic will be provided in order to pointout what Human Security refers to. Then the Human Security paradigm will be considered onregional scale investigating if the European Union (EU) and especially the Organization for Securityand Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) can be considered as Human Security providers. The analysiswill substantiate through a specific case-study: the Nagorno-Karabach conflict will be studied in thelight of EU and OSCE Minsk Group's peace-keeping and stabilizing measures. The final part willevaluate the OSCE Minsk Group's effectiveness in Nagorno-Karabach conflict's resolution and assesswhether or not EU and OSCE align with the Human Security paradigm.