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The transition process in Eastern Europe: European security policy redefined

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Traditional views of security policy have focused almost exclusively on defence and military topics. The process of transition in eastern Europe makes it necessary to take a much broader approach in which, for example, areas such as economic and social policy, or world trade and monetary relations, are included.

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Hirschmann, K. The transition process in Eastern Europe: European security policy redefined. Intereconomics 30, 44–52 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02926361

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