01884cam a2200409 i 4500 rnd000000000047359 RAND 920212s1984 cau b 000 0 eng d 84008349 0833005650 (pbk.) RAND/R-3136-AF (Sirsi) a188436 $25.00 CstmoR CstmoR ee----- e-ur--- DJK45.S65 V36 1984 Oudenaren, John van. author. The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe : options for the 1980s and beyond / John Van Oudenaren. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1984. xv, 90 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "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. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Europe, Eastern Relations Soviet Union. Soviet Union Relations Europe, Eastern. Project Air Force (U.S.) Rand Corporation. United States. Air Force. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3136/ 599823 599823