OSCE missions as a tool for conflict prevention and crisis management (the example of the OSCE mission in Kosovo)

In modern international relations, security issues are consistently at the top of the agenda, and regional conflicts are one of the main causes of instability in various regions of the world. The OSCE is not an exception. Kosovo, Transnistria, Ukraine are the main conflicts in Eastern Europe, in each of which there is or was OSCE mission. But what role do these missions play, and are they really meaningful and sustainable? The analysis conducted in the article will, on the basis of the presented data, give answers to these questions.