As the Soviet Union dissolved and the cold war ended the balance of power in Europe and especially Eastern European changed forever.
While earlier, the Soviet Union held sway over much of Eastern Europe, that completely disintegrated overnight. The Soviet influence in the region was shattered.
On the edges of Eastern Europe were the NATO countries, who quickly became the dominant political and military force in the region without any rival.
Communism and socialist policies also ended as newly freed countries started to transition to market-based economy.
I would think its 1 Written a new state constitution 2 Elected a new governments 3 Repealed its act of succession
Japan felt disrespected by the treaty of Portsmouth provisions, because "it did not get to keep all of the territory that it was promised"--mostly due to the fact that there was very little oversight of the treaty terms.
They wanted a quick return to the former power and glory of Germany.
