Openness in Russia and Eastern Europe

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The Secret War for Germany: CIA’s Covert Role in Cold War Berlin Explored through Recently Declassified Documents

Washington, DC, May 11, 2022— The Central Intelligence Agency aggressively pursued clandestine efforts to undermine East German morale at the height of the Cold War, recently…

May 11, 2022

Previous Postings

Summits Book Wins Choice Award “Outstanding Academic Title 2017”

Jan 4, 2018

Hungary 1956: Reviving the Debate over US (In)action during the Revolution

May 10, 2017

Eisenhower Concluded Neither U.S. Military Operations Nor Popular Uprisings Were Feasible in Soviet-Controlled Eastern Europe, Despite “Rollback” Rhetoric

Feb 28, 2017

Echoes of the 1956 Hungarian Revolt in Romania, 60 Years After

Nov 18, 2016

Soviet Politburo Discussed Billion-Dollar Spy

Feb 5, 2016

The Carter-Brezhnev Project

Aug 12, 2012

Jan Palach Week, 1989: The Beginning of the End for Czechoslovak Communism

Jan 26, 2009

Solidarity and Martial Law in Poland: 25 Years Later

Dec 11, 2006

CIA Had Single Officer in Hungary 1956

Oct 31, 2006

Books

The Last Superpower Summits: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush: Conversations that Ended the Cold War
(CEU Press, 2016, 1050 pp.)
By Svetlana Savranskaya and Thomas Blanton

"This book is a triumph of history at a turning point – the end of the Cold War ... Fascinating, authentic and invaluable ... The book transports a reader back in time."
– David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of The Dead Hand

From Solidarity to Martial Law: The Polish Crisis of 1980-1981: A Documentary History
(CEU Press, 2008, 580 pp.)
By Andrzej Paczkowski and Malcolm Byrne

"I consider From Solidarity to Martial Law to be a highly successful effort at depicting the events of 25 years ago. These documents also enable us to perceive the path we have traversed since that time."
– Lech Wałęsa, former leader of Solidarity and President of Poland

The Legacy of the Cold War: Perspectives on Security, Cooperation, and Conflict
(Lexington Books, 2013, 388 pp.)
Edited by Vojtech Mastny, Zhu Liqun

"This is a volume of unusual scope and depth and deserves the widest possible audience among students of strategy, comparative history, and international institutions."
– Jonathan D. Pollack, The Brookings Institution

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Project Publications

After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present
Oct 17, 2019

Between Containment and Rollback: The United States and the Cold War in Germany
Apr 27, 2021

The Last Superpower Summits: Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at the End of the Cold War
Dec 15, 2016

The Legacy of the Cold War: Perspectives on Security, Cooperation, and Conflict
Dec 16, 2013

From Solidarity to Martial Law: The Polish Crisis of 1980-1981: A Documentary History
Feb 28, 2008

About the Project

Begun in 1992 in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse and the earlier demise of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, the Openness in Russia and Eastern Europe Project evolved into a multinational investigation of contemporary history, joint publications, conferences, technical assistance, training and seed funding in cooperation with institutions and individuals in Warsaw, Budapest, Moscow, Bucharest, Sofia, Prague, Potsdam, and elsewhere.

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