ABSTRACT
The new Eastern European problems did not cause disruption or structural change but constituted only a marginal problem for global control and governance of the world economy and global security. In comparison to the past, the new East-West relations in Europe in general and the Russia-West in particular are basically demilitarized, are based on economic-political cooperation, and on a Western-dominated power formula. The Eastern European subregion proved unwilling and unable to develop effective subregional structures to shield against or limit European Union (EU) dominance. The disappearance of the old Eastern threat problem and the emergence of a new and EU-dominated pan-European power constellation did not mean the establishment of a new order without structural problems in and with Eastern Europe. Policies of Eastern European candidates for EU-enlargement prove that true democratization leads to such foreign effects and that EU's and North Atlantic Treaty Organization's strategy of incentives has been effective.
