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The Peace Corps in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics: A Return to the Original Charter
July 1, 1992
The Peace Corps has emerges as a major factor in U.S. efforts to encourage the transition away from authoritarian governments and command economies. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Peace Corps' initiatives in the former Soviet Bloc countries, according to the Corps' Regional Director (Dr. Jerry Leach) for Pacific Asia, Central Europe, and the Mediterranean. Addressing a recent Center for Naval Analyses seminar, Dr. Leach discussed the unusual national security concept behind these initiatives, how the Peace Corps has changed over the years, and current programs in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics. These efforts, he stressed, are not a departure from the practice of aiding Third World countries as much as they are a return to the Peace Corps' original charter of peace building around the world.
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Commonwealth Defense Arrangements and International Securities
June 1, 1992
This paper is the first in a series jointly sponsored by the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and Russia's Institute for USA and Canada (ISKAN). This particular paper, by Sergei Rogov and his staff at ISKAN, provides an extensive overview of the complex relations within the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Rogov focuses specifically on military issues and the emergence of republican Armed Forces. The CIS arrangement is clearly not suitable for encouraging political cooperation; Rogov et al. suggests that it cannot even forge a military union. Yet, a new security structure has clearly emerged following the May summit in Tashkent. This paper discusses the implications of the Tashkent agreement as well as predicts a framework for Russia's future security relations.
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Nuclear Breakup in the CIS
March 1, 1992
The former Soviet nuclear weapons complex has undergone dramatic changes in the months since the failed August coup and the dissolution of the USSR. Strategic and tactical nuclear weapons once under Moscow's control are now in the possession of several member states of the new Commonwealth of Independent States. Some of these Republics have adopted a clear denuclearization policy, but others have not. Addressing a recent seminar at the Center for Naval Analyses, Dr. Rose Gottemoeller of the RAND Corporation and Mr. George Perkovich, Director of the Secure Society Program at the W. Alton Jones Foundation, discussed issues relating to the disposition, control, and clean-up of the former Soviet nuclear arsenal and the implications for U.S. policy.
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State of the Union
March 1, 1992
This report highlights events in a seminar regarding a recent trip to the former Soviet Union, by representatives of the Center for Naval Analysese (R. Murray, H. Gaffney, and L. VanMetre).
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