1994 Reports

Roundtable on Geopolitical Challenges [Between Russia and Germany]

Shulman, Marshall; Khandogy, Volodymyr; Ponikiewski, Wojciech; Zaprudnik, Jan; Matlock, Jack F., Jr.

Proposition: The security concerns of the countries of East Central Europe are overwhelmingly fashioned by the emergence of a powerful, united Germany, the decline in and redefinition of Russia's geopolitical status, and the complex responses of their neighbors to both trends. Question: Can the countries of East Central Europe survive as viable political, nonmilitarist entities? Participants discuss Ukraine's security challenges, Poland's NATO aspirations, Belarusan dependency on Moscow, and Russia as the fundamental security problem for the region.