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The '''Vienna Document''' is an agreement between the participating states of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] which was intended to implement confidence and security building measures.<ref name=DTRIP>{{cite web|title=Synopses|url=http://dtirp.dtra.mil/tic/synopses/vdoc99.aspx|publisher=[[Defense Treaty Ready Inspection Readiness Program]]; Treaty Information Center|accessdate=10 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=ACIS>{{cite web|title=Arms Control and International Security, Overview of 2011 Vienna Document|url=http://www.state.gov/t/avc/cca/c43837.htm|publisher=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=10 August 2013}}</ref> Its provisions include an annual exchange of military information about forces located in [[Europe]] (defined as the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] to the [[Ural Mountains|Urals]]), notifications for risk reduction including consultation about unusual military activities and hazardous incidents, prior notification of certain military activities, observation of certain military activities, exchange of annual calendars, and compliance and verification by inspection and evaluation visits. This exchange differs from the [[Global Exchange of Military Information]] in that it is limited to forces in Europe, while the Global Exchange of Military Information applies to all forces of the participating states, wherever located. The annual exchange of information was conducted concurrently with the annual exchange of information under the [[Conventional Forces in Europe]] treaty, in [[Vienna|Vienna, Austria]] in December of each year.{{efn|Prior to that treaty becoming fully defunct as a result of events during 2014 / 2015.}} The Vienna Document has been revised periodically, and the current version is the 2011 version.<ref name=measures>{{cite web|title=On Confidence and Security Building Measures|url=http://www.osce.org/fsc/86597|publisher=Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe|accessdate=10 August 2013|date=30 November 2011}}</ref>
From 2014 onwards there have been fears that the Vienna Document is on the verge of becoming [[de facto]] defunct, as other arms control and security agreements continue to collapse due to the [[2014–15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine|ongoing tensions]] in Eastern Europe. However Russia was able to use the provisions of the Document in early April of 2015 to force [[NATO]] to agree to an Russian inspection team being present at the 2015 [[Standing Royal Navy deployments#Joint_Warrior|Joint Warrior]] exercise off the coast of Scotland.<ref name=RussInspectTeam>{{cite news|last1=Farmer |first1=Ben |last2=Parfitt |first2=Tom |title=Russian inspectors arrive at British war games off Scotland |newspaper= [[The Daily Telegraph]] (online edition) |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11533792/Russian-inspectors-arrive-at-British-war-games-off-Scotland.html |date=14 April 2015 |accessdate= 14 April 2015}}</ref>
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