policies. This would even hold true if the Warsaw Treaty would collapse. New approaches are required in efforts to achieve the security system we aspire to. One idea would be the conclusion, in the CSCE framework, of a security treaty providing for the creation of a pan-European security union. Such a treaty could build on the principles of the United Nations Charter and of the Helsinki Final Act, imposing on the parties the obligation to keep the peace among themselves and towards others, and to assist each other in case of treaty violations. The parties could also commit themselves to abide by procedures for the settlement of disputes, to observe transparency and verification methods in the military field, and to give a defensive character to their national security concepts and structures. Such a step would be in line with the best traditions of European humanitarian thought. Almost 200 years ago already, Immanuel Kant, in his treatise Perpetual Peace, voiced the hope that it would be possible to develop human reason in such measure that it would plainly rule out war as a legitimate course of action while making peace an absolute duty, which "cannot be effected or guaranteed without a compact among nations". Kant, at that time, advocated a "pacific alliance". We are faced with the need today to institutionalize the CSCE process, especially in the field of security policy. There are a good many ideas on how to do this. Only recently the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the Republic of Poland and the German Democratic Republic submitted a relevant joint proposal to the other CSCE participating States. Experience gathered on other continents should also be taken into account. I am thinking, for instance, of the OAS and the OAU. A consensus is emerging in favour of a CSCE foreign ministers' council 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the concept of a pan-European security union, the need for new approaches to achieve security, and the institutionalization of the CSCE process. It mentions the principles of the United Nations Charter and the Helsinki Final Act, and references Immanuel Kant's ideas on perpetual peace. The text does not mention specific economic, industrial, or environmental issues, but rather focuses on international relations, security, and diplomacy.

**Category**
International relations, Humanitarian aid and relief