Investments in the military usually have clearly been influenced by the political goal of joining NATO. In our opinion, the former socialist Central and Eastern European countries have been relatively successful in re-structuring civil-military relations [1]; the armed forces went through a real transformation and downsizing due to the financial constraints and proscriptions of treaties.
According to our opinion, the following will be the most important factors that will determine the forms and functioning of the ideal 'post-modern' military organizations in Central and Eastern European countries in the near future:
[1] In our view, the following etc. see (11)
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