Papers presented at a conference sponsored by the Hoover Institution, held at Stanford University, Jan. 3-5, 1980.

I. East Central Europe : general problems --Reflections on the destiny of East Central Europe since 1945 / Adam B. Ulam -- East Central Europe : present situation and principal trends / Robert F. Byrnes -- Ideology in Eastern Europe / Leszek Kolakowski -- Eurocommunism and Eastern Europe / Robert Wesson -- East Central Europe as an active element in the Soviet empire / Peter J. Wiles -- East Central Europe and international economics / Werner Gumpel -- East Central Europe and Soviet foreign policy / Richard F. Staar -- The Warsaw Pact : past, present, and future / John Erickson -- Europe's new political ice age / Hugh Seton-Watson -- II. East Central Europe : components -- Albania : the last Bastion of Stalinism / Nicholas C. Pano -- Bulgaria : the silent partner / John D. Bell -- Czechoslovakia : an aborted reform / Zdenek L. Suda -- The German Democratic Republic : Moscow's faithful "ally" / Eric Waldman -- Hungary : two revolutions, one compromise / Bennett Kovrig -- Poland : Society and the state / Jan Tomasz Gross -- Romania : problems of independence and development / Robert L. Farlow -- Yugoslavia : the dangers of political longevity / Milorad M. Drachkovitch.