End Of The Cold War

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deteriorated rapidly.

In Eastern Europe the replacement of communism did not produce a swift and painless transition which was expected. In fact some of the Eastern countries found the Western way so hard it sent them back to communism. Yeltzin’s Russia also began to gain power and raise western fears. All this raised issues in the west. The disarmament process slowed down and attempts to devise some form of European security which could cope with the recovering Russia were dwindling. The process of d4eveloping links with the satellites was becoming hard. Also the Bosnia crisis continued to drag on and Western Europe failed to gain significant credit or influence in it.

By 1994 the continuing challenges to EU alarm, however there were also good signs. The economic recession started to bottom out and more positive policies toward a united Europe began to blossom.

Challenges of the late 1980s/early 1990’s

1. The implications of coming into force with the SEA were wider ...

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