The presented article reflects a retrospective approach to the OSCE's mediation and negotiation policy in ensuring European security, its policy in managing crisis situations and resolving conflicts. The article reviews the activities of the Minsk Group in the direction of the settlement of the former Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the policy of the co-chairing states, and relations between international organizations. The state of approaches to the resolution of regional conflicts from the end of the Cold War to the present day, threats to pan-European security, violations of international law, and discrimination against member-partner states are brought to attention. The article also reviews the OSCE's policy in the direction of resolving other regional conflicts. The five-party negotiations on the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict, discussions on the settlement of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict, and issues related to the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis are examined.
shuttle diplomacy, security, OSCE, Minsk Group, mediation