Key OSCE Gathering Set for US-Russia Clash Over Democracy
Russia and the United States look set to clash over human rights and democracy this week when OSCE foreign ministers meet in Spain to assess competing visions for the future of the world’s largest regional security organization. Russia, which strongly opposes the OSCE’s flagship role as a bulwark for human rights and democracy across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, will see its controversial bid to overhaul the Vienna-based organization under fierce debate during the ministerial council in Madrid on November 29-30. Full Story