Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have "liberalizing reforms" or "restructuring" occurred in Eastern Europe, which still lies in the grasp of communist political and military domination. Moscow has not loosened its grip on its Eastern European satellites and continues to force their contributions to the Warsaw Pact's military buildup...
...Reagan agreed in principle to the dismantling of the entire American arsenal if only the Soviets acquiesced to his desire to proceed with the Strategic Defense Initiative. Now, one year later, the two will sign a treaty that will lead to the abolition of intermediate-range missile from the European continent and lay the groundwork for a more orderly diminution of the superpowers's strategic arsenals...
...taking inventory of each others' weapons, both sides will monitor the destruction of warheads, launchers and support facilities. At hundreds of locations in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, camouflage will be lifted to uncover weapons sites for American spy satellites. Similar arrangements will apply to U.S. and West European facilities. Such innovative measures are designed to head off the mistrust that undermined the SALT II treaty. Secretary of State George Shultz said last week that the new system "gives us a very comfortable feeling that in the end the provisions of the treaty can be verified and will...
...joined by other watchmen. Offices are being spruced up, and five new microfilm readers are being installed. The cause of the upheaval is a yellowing collection of World War II dossiers that contain depositions, unproven allegations and intelligence reports on thousands of suspected and known German, Austrian, East European and Japanese war criminals. This week, after decades of neglect and limited access, the records will be made available to accredited scholars, researchers and journalists. Says Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's permanent representative to the world assembly: "This opens a new chapter in Holocaust research. If these people are alive and untried...
...Bosnia-Herzegovina resigned from their posts or were expelled from the party as a result of the scandal, along with dozens of lower-ranking figures. The ousters represented one of the few instances in which the press and public opinion have altered the power structure of a Communist East European regime...