Center for European Policy Analysis: Reliquary - Helsinki Process
August 07, 2025
August 07, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following commentary on Aug. 4, 2025:
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Reliquary: The Helsinki Process
A painful deal heralded the final act in the Cold War.
By Edward Lucas
Cold War hawks loathed the East-West discussions in Helsinki in the early 1970s, and the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was signed in the Finnish capital this week 50 years . . .
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Reliquary: The Helsinki Process
A painful deal heralded the final act in the Cold War.
By Edward Lucas
Cold War hawks loathed the East-West discussions in Helsinki in the early 1970s, and the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) was signed in the Finnish capital this week 50 years . . .