Post-communist Eastern Europe and the Middle East: the burden of history and new political realities.

Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) | March 22, 1999| | Copyright

The collapse of the communist system in Eastern Europe and the emergence of a completely new geopolitical and social reality which is strikingly different from its forerunner, probably represented the most important breakthrough in modern world history, by far exceeding the limitations of their regional boundaries and the relatively brief period of time. However, the results for almost all Third World nations were unfortunately, predominantly negative,(1) even though their direct impact on and the importance for those nations varied greatly, depending on the strength and ...

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