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The Illusion of Peace: How the OSCE Region Became a Lab for Global Collapse

Between Peace and Conflict in the East and the West

Anja Mihr

In this deep dive, we expose the crumbling foundations of the international security order, based on the book 'Between Peace and Conflict in the East and the West' edited by Anja Mihr from the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. We reveal how the OSCE, a 57-nation organization spanning from Vancouver to Vladivostok, is paralyzed by its own consensus rule—allowing aggressors to veto accountability. From the $100 million-a-year Ukraine monitoring mission that can't stop a single bullet, to China's debt trap diplomacy forcing Tajikistan to cede 980 km² of land, and Kyrgyzstan's 2020 coup where a mob boss became president, this isn't just theory—it's happening now. We also uncover the shocking gender reversal in Mongolia, where 61% of university students are women yet they still earn 25% less than men. Watch to understand why the rules we thought kept the world safe are actually being dismantled before our eyes.