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THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON A SURVEY OF THE VIEWS OF CONFERENCE ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE ELITES ON PEACE AND SECURITY IN POST-COLD WAR EUROPE. THE FINDINGS SUGGEST THAT THERE APPEAR TO BE THREE DISTINCT META-CULTURES DEVELOPING IN THE NEW EUROPE: ONE COMPRISES THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIAN REPUBLICS (FYUG), TOGETHER WITH THE FORMER NON-SOVIET MEMBERS OF THE WARSAW PACT (NSWP) AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO); ANOTHER COMPRISES THE NEUTRAL AND NONALIGNED (NNA); AND THE THIRD COMPRISES THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU). THE FYUG-NSWP-NATO CLUSTER APPEARS TO BE MORE FLEXIBLE-FURTHER AWAY FROM COLD WAR REALPOLITIK AND CLOSER TO AN IDEALPOLITIK FRAMEWORK-THAN ARE THE NNA AND FSU. THIS FLEXIBILITY HAS ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED BY THE FYUG-NSWP-NATO CLUSTER'S APPEARING TO BE MORE IN FAVOR OF CHANGE IN EXISTING INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS THAN ARE THE NNA AND FSU. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDES WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW TRACK 1 GOVERNMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND TRACK 2 NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CAN BETTER INTEGRATE THEIR PEACEKEEPING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY IN DEALING WITH CURRENT AND FUTURE YUGOSLAVIAS.

This article reports on a survey of the views of Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe elites on peace and security in post-Cold War Europe. The findings suggest that there appear to be three distinct meta-cultures developing in the new Europe: one comprises the former Yugoslavian republics (FYug), together with the former non-Soviet members of the Warsaw Pact (NSWP) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); another comprises the neutral and nonaligned (NNA); and the third comprises the former Soviet Union (FSU). The FYug-NSWP-NATO cluster appears to be more flexible—further away from Cold War Realpolitik and closer to an Idealpolitik framework—than are the NNA and FSU. This flexibility has also been suggested by the FYug-NSWP-NATO cluster's appearing to be more in favor of change in existing international mechanisms than are the NNA and FSU. The article concludes with recommendations about how Track 1 governments and international governmental organizations and Track 2 nongovernmental organizations can better integrate their peacekeeping and conflict resolution resources, especially in dealing with current and future Yugoslavias.

Phase 1: November 4 - December 20, 1986. - V,27 S. - (Committee Print / Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (United States / Congress); 100th Congress, 1st Session, CSCE 100-1-2); Phase 2: January 27 - April 10, 1987. - III,27 S. - (Committee Print / Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (United States / Congress); 100th Congress, 1st Session, CSCE 100-1-6)

Contributions to a discussion by Soviet and East European statesmen and scholars.