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050 4 _aDJK45.S65
_bL37 1984
100 1 _aLarrabee, F. Stephen.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe challenge to Soviet interests in Eastern Europe :
_bRomania, Hungary, East Germany /
_cF. Stephen Larrabee.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1984.
300 _axii, 118 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"December 1984."
500 _a"Project Air Force"--Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThis report examines socioeconomic and political developments in Romania, Hungary, and East Germany. It analyzes the viability of Romania's autonomous position within the Soviet Bloc. It considers the present and future viability of the "Hungarian model," Hungary's decentralized and less repressive economic and political system. It examines domestic East German developments, especially the strengthening in the GDR of German national consciousness. In each country discussion, the emphasis is on examining domestic factors which may lead to new challenges to Soviet interests in Eastern Europe in the future. The study's findings suggest that in the next decade the Soviet Union will be challenged to maintain control over its East European alliance during a period when economies are cooling and leadership is changing. Simply "muddling through," as Brezhnev did in his last years, will not be sufficient. In the absence of a serious restructuring of its relations with its East European allies in the next decade, Moscow will risk the prospect of greater instability and unrest.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aEurope, Eastern
_xForeign relations
_zSoviet Union.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xForeign relations
_zEurope, Eastern.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.)
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3190/
999 _c597207
_d597207