Revolutionary changes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and the implications for Asia : an overview / Gaston J. Sigur -- Gorbachev's struggle and Perestroika's mutations / Carl A. Linden -- The Soviet economic crisis of the 1990s / James R. Millar -- Central and Eastern Europe in transition / Sharon L. Wolchik -- Changes in the GDR and their implications for East-West relations / Henry Krisch -- Western commercial agreements with sustainable Perestroika / John P. Hardt -- The changing military balance in Europe : implications for Asia / William H. Lewis -- The impact of the 1989 revolutions on Soviet-Japanese relations / Peter Berton -- United States-Japanese security concerns / James E. Auer
Eastern Europe and Japan-U.S. economic relations / Dick K. Nanto -- The impact of change in the USSR on North Korea / Robert Carlin -- New global détente and its strategic implications for the Korean Peninsula / Young Koo Cha -- Recent developments in the USSR and Eastern Europeand their impact on China : a Chinese perspective / Zhu Ruizhen and Yang Jiarong -- Changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and the effects on China : a U.S. perspective / Robert G. Sutter -- Implications for Taiwan of the Soviet and East European thaw / Harold C. Hinton