01282nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001600043653001700059653000800076653001500084653001000099653002200109653002300131653002200154653001700176100001500193245010400208300001000312490000700322520072300329       2017                            d  cSummer 201710aarms control10aCFE10acompliance10aCSBMs10aEuropean Security10amilitary exercises10aOpen Skies Treaty10averification1 aPàl Dunay00aArms Control Arrangements under the Aegis  of the OSCE: Is There a Better Way to Handle Compliance?  a57-710 v163 a<p>The CSCE-OSCE has strong legacy in conventional arms control both as far as limitations and reductions and constraints on military activities. Although the last two decades since 1999 did not add much to the arms control acquis and there was a “retreat” in arms control with the suspension of the CFE Treaty. It is Germany that keeps European conventional arms control on the agenda as part of security dialogue since the Harmel Report of 1967 and takes symbolic initiatives as a demonstration. Although compliance is not full and some activities demonstrate the intention to cheat, their level is more important as part of the communication of the main parties rather than of direct strategic significance.</p>