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Since the end of communism in Central Europe, the former Soviet satellite states have sought closer relations with the West. An immediate goal was membership in NATO. To meet the conditions of membership, the former Warsaw Pact members had to make significant reforms within their defense establishments that would meet NATO's interoperability requirements. Despite the incentive of potential NATO membership, the development and implementation of such reforms has been slow. The objective of this study is to answer the research question," Why has defense reform proven so elusive in an environment where key actors agree on the desirability, necessity, and the benefits of its formulation and implementation?"Air Force Inst of Tech Wright-Patterson AFB OH is the author of 'Defense Reform in Central Europe and the Challenges of NATO Membership : The Case of Hungary', published 2002 under ISBN 9781423509202 and ISBN 142350920X.
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