The United States and western Europe must encourage economic growth and political stability in the east European countries

The United States and western Europe must encourage economic growth and political stability in the east European countries. It is clearly in the interest of both the United States and western Europe to encourage freedom and internal stability in central and eastern Europe, as well as the successful integration of central and eastern Europe into the Western democratic community of nations. A variety of bilateral and multilateral forums and policies can reinforce the consolidation of …

…assure that Europe's old, shifting power blocs, which led to instability and war, never return. With the collapse of Soviet communism, freedom advanced in Europe. The United States and western Europe must now seize upon that advance and ensure that central and eastern Europe become permanent parts of the sphere of world freedom. W. Bruce Weinrod, a Washington, D.C., attorney, was deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy from 1989 until early 1993.