Introduction Leopoldo Nuti Part 1 The Superpowers and the CSCE 1 Zbigniew Brzenzinski and the Helsinki Final Act Patrick Vaughan 2 Human Rights Movement in the USSR after the Signing of the Helsinki Final Act, and the Reaction of Soviet Authorities Svetlana Savranskaya 3 The Politics of the Lesser Evil: the West, the Polish Crisis, and The CSCE Review Conference In Madrid, 1981-1983 Douglas Selvage Part 2 The Strategic Landscape of the 1980s, East and West 4 The Origins of the 1979 Dual Track Decision - A Survey Leopoldo Nuti 5 From Helsinki to Gorbachev: Belgium and the Euromissiles (1973-1985) Vincent Dujardin 6 The Strategic Defense Initiative: Between Strategy, Diplomacy and U.S. Intelligence Estimates John Prados 7 Reagan’s SDI Announcement and the European Reaction: Diplomacy in the Last Decade of the Cold War Sean Kalic 8 From INF to SDI. How Helsinki Reshaped the Transatlantic Dimension of European Security Marilena Gala 9 Programming Armageddon: Warsaw Pact's War Planning, 1969-1985 Robert Nation 10 The Conceptual Battles of the Central Front: The Air-Land Battle and the Soviet Military-Technical Revolution Dima Adamsky 11 The Soviet Response to the Euromissiles Crisis Beatrice Heuser Part 3 Economic Issues and European Integration 12 Washington's Economic Diplomacy and the Reconstruction of U.S. Leadership Fiorella Favino 13 Europe and the EMS Challenge: Old and New Forms of European Integration in the ‘70s Maria Eleonora Guasconi 14 Economic Diplomacy and East- West Trade during the Era of Détente: Strategy or Obstacle for the West? Werner Lippert 15 The Polish Crisis and its Impact on Romanian Economy in the Early 1980s Petre Opris Part 4 The Battle of Ideas 16 Between East and West: Social Democracy as Alternative to Communism and Capitalism: Willy Brandt’s Strategy as President of the Socialist International Bernd Rother 17 ‘Keeping Détente Alive’ Inner-German Relations Under Helmut Schmidt And Erich Honecker, 1974-1982 Oliver Bange 18 Eurocommunism: An East German Perspective Laura Fasanaro 19 The Puerto Rico Summit of 1976 and the end of Eurocommunism Duccio Basosi and Giovanni Bernardini