Word: easterners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MUCH ink has been spilled recently, on these pages and elsewhere, on the question of German reunification. And for good reason--it is potentially the most important thing that's happened to the Eastern bloc since Yalta, in which international democracy accepted the fait accompli of a Soviet military blanket over Eastern Europe and thereby condemned millions of its newest members to at least 44 years of political suppression and economic stagnation...
Only the most fringe conservative elements on this side of the Atlantic retain a traditional Cold War perspective on Eastern Europe. The rest have moved to reevaluation--of superpower relations, economic opportunities and German unity...
Many Harvard professors are accustomed to acting as talking heads, but they say the pace of academic comment-on-demand has accelerated dramatically with the convulsions sweeping Eastern Europe in recent weeks...
Here, I agree with most of the respondents to the HPR survey: A coherent policy toward the disintegration of communism in Eastern Europe should be a top national priority...
Gorbachev arranged an evening arrival for the summit, taking place against a backdrop of stunning change in Eastern Europe that has swept hard-line regimes from power. The two men are also expected to discuss arms control, trade relations and conflicts such as Afghanistan and Nicaragua as well...