ITS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nato, Satellite State, Core Countries
20 Dec 2017
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Battle ground and buffer zone sandwiched between major world cults. World war i and world war ii started and were largely fought in eastern europe. Christianity forged solidarity among europeans notably against muslim expansionism. Core or founding european nations countries: european union 6. European union core countries defined by history, geography and/or economy. Cold war: 1945-1990, the united states and the ussr embroiled in political hostility just short of open warfare. Western europe aligned with the north atlantic treaty organization and other united. Russian federation (russia) emerged as a capitalist country. Russia and eastern europe are still very friendly and some are allied. Albania, bulgaria, romania, east germany, hungary, sometimes yugoslavia. Economic and political partnership between 27 european countries. Originally post world war ii goal: create peace and prosperity in europe. Pax europa: period of european peace following world war ii. Four freedoms : fundamental freedoms guaranteed by european union law.
