ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the nature of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and its capacity to deal with failed states, such as Syria. It also describes that the OSCE is a broad organization with member-states from Europe, North America and parts of Asia, and that it would be committed to a free and democratic OSCE area. In addition, as before, the OSCE should respect international law in accordance with the Charter of United Nations. Furthermore, the OSCE stated that it has to be more flexible and cooperate with other international organizations, such as the United Nations, NATO, the European Union and the Council of Europe and that its main effort is still to contribute to security, albeit now in a much broader sense. For a major and complicated crisis as in Syria, this means that the OSCE understands itself as only one of many other important actors, such as the Arab League.
