The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe : options for the 1980s and beyond /
John Van Oudenaren.
- xv, 90 pages ; 23 cm
"March 1984." "Project Air Force"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references.
This report examines the importance of Eastern Europe to the USSR, the Soviet approach toward the region in the past, and possible future short-term and longer-term Soviet policies toward Eastern Europe. It examines dilemmas facing the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and the Soviet "preferred vision" for a European order that would overcome these dilemmas. It assesses the collapse of the Brezhnev policy toward Eastern Europe, Soviet assessments of its causes, and likely responses.