Papers from a May 1994 conference held at Middlebury College in Vermont examine challenges confronting Russia and Eastern Europe, addressing the constitutional, political, economic, security, and national-identity issues facing post-communist societies. Topics include post-Soviet constitutionalism; prospects for democracy; Russia's economic reforms of the 1920s and 1990s; macroeconomic policy; and international factors in Czechoslovakia's dissolution. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.