Andrew Felkay, Unknown

Out of Russian Orbit; Hungary Gravitates to the West

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Freed from over forty years of Soviet domination, Hungary finally was given a chance to determine its own destiny in the last decade of the twentieth century. This book takes the reader through the complex period of Hungary's transformation from a Soviet satellite to an independent democratic country, with an emphasis on Hungary's finding its place in the post-communist world. Inspired by the political freedoms and economic successes of Western democracies, Hungary rejected the one-party rule and command economy and opted for multi-party parliamentary democracy and the rapid conversion to a free market economy. The book systematically shows the foreign policy priorities set by Hungary's freely elected governments. It discusses how Hungary succeeded in freeing itself from the past restraints of the Warsaw Pact and the Commecon and other formal and informal agreements with the Soviet Union and the Socialist bloc countries. At the same time, the economic difficulties caused by the break-up of the Socialist market are considered. Hungarian decision-makers have unequivocally committed themselves to pursuing economic integration with the European Union and have applied for membership in NATO. Unfortunately, Soviet-enforced harmony has disappeared and old ethnic antagonisms have resurfaced. Unless the growing tension between Hungary and its neighbors, Slovakia and Romania-countries with large Hungarian minorities-are resolved, their admission into the European Union and NATO will be jeopardized.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 407g
• ISBN-13: 9780313296024
• ISBN-10: 0313296022
• Artikelnr.: 25557770

Autorenporträt

Andrew Felkay

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction History at a Glance Transition: Distancing from the Kremlin
Free Elections and the Formation of a New Government Rapprochement with
Russia Russian-Hungarian Economic Relations Socio-Cultural Relations with
Russia Diplomats and Experts on Russo-Hungarian Relations Emergence of the
Reform Communists Policy Directions of the Horn Government Hungary and NATO
Hungary and the OSCE Hungary's Continued Efforts to Join NATO Hungary and
the IFOR Toward Economic Integration with Western Europe Hungary's Quest
for a Good Neighbor Policy Conclusion: Hungary's Challenges for the 21st
Century Selected Bibliography Index