A political-military analysis of NATO expansion into Eastern Europe.

At head of title: National Defense Research Institute. "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

Chapter 1.Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Theoretical framework -- Chapter 3. Russia's new foreign policy of statism -- Chapter 4. The staying power of statism -- Chapter 5. Resources for statism -- Chapter 6. Russia and the west in the new geopolitics of East Central Europe -- Chapter 7. Strategic end games for enlargement -- Chapter 8. Military end games for enlargement -- Chapter 9. Conclusions.