Accession Number:
ADA155448
Title:
The Challenge to Soviet Interests in Eastern Europe, Romania, Hungary, East Germany.
Descriptive Note:
Interim rept.,
Corporate Author:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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Report Date:
1984-12-01
Pagination or Media Count:
132.0
Abstract:
This report examines socioeconomic and political developments in Romania, Hungary, and East Germany. It analyzes the viability of Romanias autonomous position within the Soviet bloc. It considers the present and future viability of the Hungarian model--Hungarys 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 studys 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.
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Subject Categories:
- Economics and Cost Analysis
- Government and Political Science