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This paper analyzes the diplomatic relations between Hungary, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union during the Soviet intervention in Hungary in 1956, with a primary focus on the case of Imre Nagy’s capture. The crisis that arose during Nagy’s hiding in the Yugoslav embassy reveals the background of these countries’ relations, in which Yugoslavs showed ambiguousness to maintain the achieved status of a free socialist country on the one hand, and on the other, to keep good relations with the Soviet Union. Furthermore, the author attempts to provide answers on Yugoslav role in Nagy’s arrest after he left his hideout within the Yugoslav embassy. The author argues that Yugoslavs were not aware of any Soviet plans to capture Nagy after he left the embassy, even though there are other claims present in this paper that suggests the opposite.

After the Allied victory in World War II, Europe was divided into two spheres of influence, according to geographical criteria. The Eastern Bloc, the area of influence of the Soviet Union, adopted the communist regime, promoted by Moscow. The communist regime has been replaced in all Eastern Bloc countries since 1989. Fourteen of these countries, no longer under Moscow's influence, have joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization since 1999, the world's strongest military organization. These fourteen states represent three former members of the USSR, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, four former members of Yugoslavia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Northern Macedonia, and seven other states, namely Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. How has the allocation of defence resources in the fourteen NATO countries evolved since the fall of communism and the exit from Moscow's influence? We try to answer this question by studying the literature in the field of research and by processing the information provided by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. This study aims to analyse at the level of each country the differences in approach to defence spending from the adoption of the capitalist system, until obtaining the status of NATO member country. Also, this study analyses the evolution of defence spending after joining NATO, to see how the defence budget has been influenced by NATO membership. Special attention will be paid to Romania, the second among the fourteen countries in terms of army size and defence allocations, a country in which the anti-communist revolution has been more violent than in other states. Romania's accession to NATO in 2004 was one of the most important moments of the post-communist era, of equal strategic importance with the accession to the European Union. The Romanian military is respected within the Alliance due to its professionalism and dedication to the values promoted by NATO, currently participating in international missions in theatres of operations.

The article looks at the coexistence between men and women in the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED), which is the communist party of East Germany (RDA), and considers how this party influenced the emancipation of its female members. The evolution of the percentage of women in SED from 1946 to 1988 and the feminization of the party are mentioned. Further topics include the profiles of the party's male and female members including office employees, housewives, and laborers, the promotion of women in a male-dominated party, and the under-representation of women in positions of leadership.