Since its foundation in Helsinki in 1975, OSCE (previously CSCE) has
passed through significant changes that were caused by radical
changes in the international system, which affected Serbia as well. In
2000, Serbia (then, a part of FR Yugoslavia) restored its OSCE
membership after several years of isolation, to be present there as an
independent state since 2006. Our task is to determine the connection
between the changes in Serbia, those in OSCE, and the ones inside the
international system as a whole in order to answer the question –
regarding this organization where is Serbia today? It is also to explain
the relevance of the activities that the OSCE mission in Serbia
currently performs - in the field of strengthening democracy and
human rights, judicial reform, combat against organized crime, etc.
The contemporary dialogue between great powers (above all, USA
and Russia) on the European security will affect Serbia, but it will also
be its chance to participate actively (precisely through OSCE) in the
creation of a new security system in South-Eastern Europe
