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An internal power struggle has undermined the world’s leading international security body since the summer. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is due to finally get four new leaders in December (Photo: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly)

The under-reported power struggle at the top of the OSCE

Five months ago, political commentators worldwide were taken aback by news that the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) lacked de-facto leadership, watching aghast as the OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger vacated his office in mid-July, exiting alongside three other leaders.

The top-floor exodus was triggered by Azerbaijan which sought to eject Freedom of the Media Representative Harlem Desir from his post, accusing him of

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Jess Smee is a Berlin-based journalist who writes for The Guardian newspaper among others. She is an editor for SGI News and the Bertelsmann Stiftung's BTI Blog.

An internal power struggle has undermined the world’s leading international security body since the summer. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is due to finally get four new leaders in December (Photo: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly)

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Jess Smee is a Berlin-based journalist who writes for The Guardian newspaper among others. She is an editor for SGI News and the Bertelsmann Stiftung's BTI Blog.

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