<ul> <li> The book brings together senior and junior scholars from eight countries to reflect on the significance of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe to the end of the Cold War.</li> <li> The book includes one of the first examinations of why Albania did not participate in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.</li> <li> The book highlights the varied and understudied contributions of diplomats to the CSCE process.</li> <li> The book demonstrates how diplomatic agreements can have profound impacts on society and effect political change.</li></ul>