"According to a professor, the one word defining contemporary Eastern Europe is MOBILITY. I will be looking at how this mobility has affected the political and social development of a region that has been under the control of Russia for so long. I will also look at the political tensions around the globalization of Eastern Europe. I will approach answering this question by reading current periodicals, looking at foreign policy briefs, reading testimonials, studying social science novels, looking at university research, and other forms of research examination. "