CEE
1
7.4
- proper noun
- NATO's primary attraction to CEE leaders is that it ties American military strength into a joint defense arrangement for its member states.
- CEE states
Examples
-
Hundreds of thousands exercised this right when the borders of the former Soviet Union and CEE were opened.
Academic text (2001) -
German leaders could not imagine success in CEE as a whole if Poland fails.
Academic text (2001) -
That said, NATO by itself is unable to satisfy the desires of the CEE states for two main reasons.
Academic text (2000) -
They suffered much more under German occupation than populations in the West and some others in CEE.
Academic text (2001) -
Moreover, NATO has been seen as a military-centered institution by those CEE states that have signaled an interest in joining.
Academic text (2000) -
Even in the absence of a direct or clear military threat to either Western or CEE territory and populations, there is a strong sense that NATO is still needed to provide reassurance.
Academic text (2000) -
Central East Europe (CEE) states were forced to decline reparations from the GDR because all resources were needed by the Soviet Union.
Academic text (2001) -
But such ideas enjoyed only a short shelf life, and all of NATO's meaningful activities since 1989, whether in Bosnia, Kosovo, or in developing cooperation with the CEE states and others, have been firmly military-based in nature.
Academic text (2000) -
Long a taboo subject, the deportations of roughly twelve million Germans from CEE after World War II re-emerged in the post-communist period, giving voice to expellee claims to victimhood.
Academic text (2001) -
German leaders could not imagine success in CEE as a whole if Poland fails.
Surface Forms
Etymology
CEE is a short name made from the first letters of Central, Eastern, and Europe, so think 'C-E-E' to remember it stands for the countries in the middle and east of Europe.