The Burden of History
The Burden of History
Author(s): Jan Tomasz GrossSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Post-Communist Transformation, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: East Central Europe; NATO membership; EU membership; postcommunist transformation; transition to democracy;
Summary/Abstract: If there was an iron rule of politics in East Central Europe, it must have been the regular occurrence of the unexpected. It was a region that time and again rendered experts' predictions hollow. Indeed, no self-respecting sovietologist (or influential foreign-policy advisor to statesmen East and West) believed that anything of significance might ever happen there at all. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 13/1999
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 285-287
- Page Count: 3
- Language: English
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