The Economic Implications of Reductions in Military Budgets and Force Levels in Eastern Europe

Abstract

This RAND Note is part of a series on changes in the militaries and in the national security policies of the East European countries after the revolutions of 1989. It assesses the impact of the military budget and force reductions, for good and ill, on the economies of these countries. The monograph is organized into seven sections: Introduction, Changes in Military Budgets, Force Reductions, Changes in Arms Production, Changes in Arms Trade, Costs of Soviet Troop Withdrawals, and Conclusions. Each section addresses the specific changes that have occurred in each of the following Eastern European countries: Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA256117

Entities

People

  • Keith Crane

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Army Personnel
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Commerce
  • Defense Industry
  • Doctrine
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Systems
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Industrial Plants
  • International Trade
  • Investments
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • National Security

Fields of Study

  • Economics
  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies