ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a few points of the complex problem of linkage between European and world security. It examines European problems of peace and security in the wider framework of the membership of the Helsinki Conference. The extension of the boundaries of Europe for the purpose of examining and safeguarding its security are the results of the Second World War. The two major World Powers gained such a thorough and durable influence over Europe, that it became unthinkable to discuss problems of cooperation and security in Europe without including them in the debate and in the agreements resulting from the debate. In the Final Act, in several places, the concern was expressed of applying the principles and agreements agreed in Helsinki also to relations with other countries in the world. The linkage with peace and security outside the enlarged European zone was in the Conference fully understood.
