ABSTRACT
International relations in Europe have seen a departure from the confrontational model of security that was based on antagonistic military alliances and a search for military superiority. A major difficulty in implementing the present plans for a redeployment of around thirty percent of the forces is the high cost of relocation and transfer of troops to the eastern parts of the countries. The quest, on the part of East European states, for appropriate guidelines for their security policy, compatible with the Non-offensive defence criteria, is a complex undertaking. Proceeding from the assumption that European security is indivisible, pan-European structures and institutions form the basic reference point of the security policy of East Europe. The system was well adapted to the centralized political system of the Communist era as well as to the tasks assigned to national armed forces in the context of the Warsaw Pact's coalition forces.
