France in the New Europe, by David S. Yost The remarkable developments in Europe since late 1989 — German unification, the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, and the expectation of large-scale withdrawals of Soviet and American forces — have upset long-standing assumptions of French security policy. It may become increasingly difficult for France to maintain the policy guidelines and ambiguities of the past, and this could affect the national consensus on defense. The most important unresolved dilemmas and underlying anxieties concern the future of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, Germany's potential political and strategie choices, institutions such as NATO and the European Community, and prospects for nuclear deterrence and West...