The Reshaping of Europe

Abstract

This study, concluded in March 1989, explores the alternative shapes the European political landscape may take in the 21st century and discusses the effects of change on regional security stability and on U.S. interests. The author identifies five ways in which Europe may evolve: limited reform/limited devolution, retreat from reform/containment, reversal of reform/bipolar confrontation, Pax Europa, and nation confrontation. He then judges the effect of each alternative future on U.S. interests on the basis of the four criteria that have governed American foreign policy throughout this century--multilateral economic cooperation, political self-determination, the preservation of order, and the peaceful resolution of disputes. Keywords: Europe; Area security; Foreign policy; Forecasting; Scenarios.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA219966

Entities

People

  • Hugh De Santis

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Cold War
  • Continents
  • Eastern Europe
  • Europe
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Psychology
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Western Europe

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design