1.   At that time, Eastern bloc countries danced to the Soviet tune.

2.   I had already begun an outline for another book and for that I needed some local colour in an Eastern bloc country.

3.   The nation state, particularly in the third world and the erstwhile Eastern bloc, is the agent of global capital.

4.   The rise of ethnic violence throughout the Eastern bloc is unfortunately the other side of the coin to self-determination.

5.   He said that unresolved claims on land and property had held back investment and that trade with the Soviet Union and eastern bloc had collapsed.

6.   This pronouncement, and the changed policy it conveyed, set the context for a serious effort at detente with the eastern bloc.

7.   Throughout the alliance the will was lacking to create conventional forces on the scale needed to balance those of the Eastern bloc.

8.   Here the need to pursue detente with the Eastern bloc was underlined as well as the maintenance of Western defences.

9.   Other former Eastern bloc countries also face growing concern over their ageing nuclear power stations.