Inter-Parliamentary Dialogue: Added Value or Merely a Substitute for Traditional Diplomacy?

... humanitarian challenges (assistance to refugees, the development of universal health care, etc.) are not left without attention of the OSCE PA members. Meanwhile, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has a clearer focus on protecting and promoting ... ... “safeguards of order” and its “violators” simply change their places, and the discussion is reduced to an exchange of mutual accusations. The goals of inter-parliamentary platforms are undermined. The assemblies find themselves in crisis, dialogue does not ...