When the soviet union collapsed, most importantly for europe, the e u. Expanded right up to russian borders. The belief was that you didn't have to pay as much attention to national security,. You'dn't have to spend as much money on defense. This will be a generational coming of age for anyone living in europe - just like nine 11 and the wall coming down has been for a lot of americans. But poten, in five weeks, has managed to convince the germans to do precisely that. And thatsa, that's a trulytr thing. Yemay, it maybe define peace dividend. Think that that phrase is, hasis