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Changes in Eastern Europe and Their Implications for the Third World

Progressive forces in the Third World have relied heavily on economic and political support from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe over the past quarter century. Much of this support was motivated by the cold war. Both East and West sought to win friends and allies through various kinds of support for Third World nations.

Recent changes in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union will have an important impact on development in the Third World. Lessening tensions and greater cooperation between the United States and Soviet Union will probably cause a shift in economic ties between both the West and the Third World and the East and the Third World. The competition which allowed the Third World to pursue a line of development free of the total dominance of the two blocs appears to be waning. Will such harmony produce a climate of indifference toward the Third World?

Moderator:

• Franklin D. Jones, Chair, Department of Public Affairs, Texas Southern University, 3100 Calhoun, Houston, Texas 77004.

Other Speakers:

• Mack H. Jones, Chair, Division of Political and Social Sciences, Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Jones is a political scientist whose concentration has been in international relations and comparative government. He has been a lecturer and Fullbright Fellow in Nigeria.

• L. Alex Swan, Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas Southern University. Dr. Swan, a native of Jamaica, is a noted clinical sociologist and author.

• Earl Picard, Professor, Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Picard has worked and traveled in several countries in Southern Africa, including Zimbabwe and Lesotho, over the past seven years. He recently helped to organize a conference on Southern Africa and Global Change.

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