The Warzaw Treaty Organization and Eastern Europe

This seminarpaper examines the role of the late Warsaw Treaty Organization in the Soviet politics of domination targeted at the countries of Central- and Eastern Europe 		 
   

Introduction

 		 
   

The origins of the WTO and the reasons for establishing it

 		 
    The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance  
    Why the Treaty?  
   

The Political and Military Structures of the WTO

 		 
    The political structures and institutions  
    The Military Structures  
   

The Justification for Intervention: Soviet Perceptions of

Limited State Sovereignty 		 
   

The WTO as a Means for Upholding Soviet Military

Preponderance in Eastern Europe 		 
    Some Background  
    WTO Military Doctrine as a Control Mechanism  
    WTO Joint Military Exercises as a Control Mechanism  
    WTO Officer Education as a Control Mechanism  
    Armaments Production as a Control Mechanism  
   

Dynamics of Soviet Crisis Management and Interventionism

in Eastern Europe 		 
    What Differed Yugoslavia and Romania from Hungary and    
   

The Demise of the Brezhnev Doctrine and the Dismantling of

the Warsaw Treaty Organization 		 
   

Concluding Remarks

 		 
   

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