Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe Mission to Moldova's Effectiveness in Resolving the Transnistrian Conflict
Abstract
The Republic of Moldova is facing more than a quarter of a century with an unresolved conflict that casts doubt on the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the country. The conflict broke out in 1992 between Transnistria and the central government in Chisinau. A ceasefire was agreed to in July 1992 and the parties committed themselves to negotiate a settlement to the conflict facilitated by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). The OSCE is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization. The OSCE Mission to Moldova's top priority is to facilitate through peaceful negotiations, a comprehensive settlement of the Transnistria conflict based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova with a special status for Transnistria within Moldova. The paper first describes the operational environment in the Republic of Moldova using a PMESII/ASCOPE and RAFT framework to identify the actors, tensions, and relationships. Then, the paper examines the end state for the mission from different perspectives, using official documents, protocols, and political vision sources of all the actors involved in the researches area. Finally, the work develops an operational approach using overall Operational Design Methodology. This study aims to analyze what is keeping the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to achieve the unification of the state and to understand the complexity of the situation. Whether or not OSCE can effectively resolve the Transnistria conflict depends on numerous factors analyzed in the research; the most important of them is its' unique end state of the mission to all the actors involved in the conflict. This study makes recommendations on how the OSCE Mission to Moldova might improve.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 12, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1124596
Entities
People
- Constantin Cisleanu
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College