Why were countries like poland able to transition smoothly into independent
republics following the fall of the soviet union while many other post-soviet
states struggled?
a. they had been granted the right to institute democratic reforms
decades earlier.
b. they had built up powerful militaries that could resist the
weakened soviet army.
c. they had ethnically diverse populations that them remain
politically stable.
d. they had experienced earlier uprisings that prepared their people
for independence