Embedded Security in the Most Unlikely Place: OSCE Comprehensive Security and Peacebuilding Practices in Central Asia The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has been described as an "embedded security" organization, in that it wraps postmodern security norms around traditional, modernist security institutions. This paper continues this line of reasoning and examines OSCE actions in two areas—anti-corruption measures and border management and security in Central Asia—to show that normative notions of security are not confined to "zones of peace" such as Western Europe but rather can be found in areas where traditional security notions have long been perceived to hold sway. Michael W. Mosser The University of Texas at Austin Paper prepared for panel WB 40: “WB40: Prospects of Peace in Central Asia” of the 57th Annual ISA Convention, Atlanta, Georgia DRAFT: PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT THE AUTHOR’S EXPRESS PERMISSION