Was there any forefeeling? Romania in COMECON through the eyes of NATO and European Commission, 1957-1962
Was there any forefeeling? Romania in COMECON through the eyes of NATO and European Commission, 1957-1962
Author(s): Artyom A. UlunyanSubject(s): History, Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, History of European Union
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studiul Totalitarismului
Keywords: COMECON; Eastern bloc; European Union; NATO; Romania; USSR;
Summary/Abstract: The author explores newly revealed declassified analytical and political materials of NATO’s and the EC structures that dealt with economic issued. The documents of these two organizations indicate that neither NATO nor the EU during 1957-1962 period had no assumptions about the specific behavior of Romania as a future "troublemaker" in the Eastern Bloc, although some traces of it have not been left unnoticed. At the same time, at the analytical level and on the basis of individual data, experts made assumptions about the growth of contradictions both in the Eastern Bloc as a whole, and, in particular, its economic arm - COMECON.
Journal: Arhivele Totalitarismului
- Issue Year: XXIX/2021
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 92-105
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
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