Opinion By Nikola Mikovic at China Global Television Network( CGTN) The form of the OSCE summit will likely overtake its substance, which means the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe is expected to continue coping with an existential crisis. [...] The annual meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the OSCE participating states – take place from December 1 to 2 in Lodz, Poland – could demonstrate if it has the political capacity to play an active role to resolve the Ukraine conflict. "The annual meeting is an opportunity for the Foreign Ministers to review and assess the security situation in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian area, as well as the organization's work in all its fields of activity," the Polish presidency said.

Yet, Russia – an OSCE member – will not participate, since Polish authorities have refused to allow a Russian delegation to enter its territory. The Russian-dominated Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) was not invited to the OSCE conference, which indicates the West aims to isolate Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry sees such actions as "unprecedented and provocative," claiming that Warsaw is "pushing the OSCE into the abyss."