ABSTRACT
The CSCE and European unification during the Cold War represented two processes with remarkable, but as yet little-explored similarities. They were both multilateral security projects designed to defuse tension and prevent further conflict in Europe through cooperative, non-military means. In the case of the CSCE, the main goal was to ease East-West hostilities, while the European Community (EC) was primarily about securing peace in Western Europe and strengthening the “free world” against the advancement of Communism. A key issue underlying both processes was the “German question.”
