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Having won the Cold War (perhaps largely due to the courage of the Russian people who threw of a communist dictatorship and were prepared to take risks), Europe seems to be losing the peace. The region is entering the next stage of international relations disunited and weakened, and poised for a confrontation or maybe even a large-scale war. Wonderful slogans about "a common European home" (Mikhail Gorbachev), "A Europe whole and free" (George H.W. Bush), and the beginning of a "new era of democracy, peace, and unity" (the 1990 Charter of Paris for a New Europe) - all of which looked achievable twenty-five years ago - produce a sad smile today.
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