THE TRANSITION OF THE EUROPEAN WORLD. THE POST-COMMUNIST CHALLENGES
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27 March 2026
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15 November 2015
Abstract
THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE EUROPEAN TRANSITION PROCESS AFTER THE COMMUNIST EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES OF THIS TRANSITION IS THE FACT THAT EUROPE WILL B ECOME A TERRITORY OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL CONFLICTS FOR ITS MEMBER STATES AND FOR OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. THE PERIOD OF 1989 -1991 WAS FULL OF REVOLUTIONARY EVENTS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND THE MAIN REASON WAS THE COLLAPSE OF SOVIET UNION AND TH E COMMUNIST BLOC. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS SITUATION, THE EUROPEAN STATES PASSED THROUGH A DRAMATIC PROCESS EXPERIENCING THE TRANSITION CHALLENGES AND THE GEOPOLITICAL CHANGES WHICH AFFECTED ALL LEVELS OF EUROPEAN LIVE, SUCH AS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND MILI TARY SYSTEM AND ALSO THE RELATIONS BETWEEN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
Keywords
EUROPEAN WORLD
POST -COMMUNIST CHALLENGES
TRANSITION PROCESS
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