ABSTRACT
Europe appears to have entered a period of fundamental change. European East-West relations seem to have reached a point of at least some restructuring as well. Essentially, there are two possibilities. The dualistic system of the two alliances in West and East will either be complemented by elements of mutual cooperation or eventually be replaced by another, monistic system of European security. The dualistic security system which extends beyond Europe might be as modified as to reduce the American role and to provide for a West European military nucleus. The idea of a European security system which would eliminate military confrontation has taken concrete shape in the proposal to seek a 'pan-European system of collective security' in the future. When, in the autumn of 1989, the extent of both change and destabilization in Eastern Europe became clear, the Soviet attitude toward European security acquired some additional nuances. Soviet policies concerning European security and European restructuring have become more sophisticated.
