East-Central Europe After the Cold War : Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary in Search of Security Book

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	Preface
1	Introduction	1
2	The New Europe	4
	German Unification	4
	The Western Security Community	6
	Instability in the East	7
	New Security 'Architecture'	9
	Conclusion: Implications for East-Central Europe	11
3	Strategic Options for East-Central Europe	13
	A Reformed Soviet Alliance	13
	Neutrality	15
	Regional Security Cooperation	17
	Integration with the West	19
	Pan-European Security	21
	Balance of Power Realpolitik	23
	National Defence	24
4	Poland	27
	The 'Round-Table' and the Reform of the Soviet Alliance	28
	German Unification	30
	Dismantling the Soviet Alliance	33
	Poland's Shift towards the West	36
	A Polish-German Special Relationship	40
	A New Eastern Policy	42
	Defence Policy	52
5	Czechoslovakia and After	60
	Dismantling the Soviet Alliance	61
	German Unification	64
	Security Policy: From CSCE to NATO	65
	Relations with the New Germany	70
	Relations with the Post-Soviet States	72
	Defence Policy	73
	Czechoslovakia's Demise	78
	The Czech Republic	81
	Slovakia	85
6	Hungary	93
	Reform under the MSMP	94
	Transformation under the MDF	95
	Consolidation under the MSP?	101
	'Eastern' Policy	102
	Defence Policy	119
7	East-Central Europe and the New European Security Order	126
	The Visegrad Group	126
	Relations with the European Union	136
	Relations with NATO	141
	The CSCE: The Limits of Pan-European Security	148
8	Conclusion	155
	'Return to Europe'	155
	Wider Security Policies	157
	Prospects for Stability?	158
	Notes and References	162
	Index	204