The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe

Options for the 1980s and Beyond

John Van Oudenaren

ResearchPublished 1984

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.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
  • Availability: Web Only
  • Year: 1984
  • Pages: 105
  • Document Number: R-3136-AF

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Van Oudenaren, John, The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: Options for the 1980s and Beyond. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1984. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3136.html.
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