Economic Warfare or Détente: An Assessment of East-West Relations in the 1980s

ISBN-13: 9780367005337 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 314 str.

Rode, Reinhard

Opis

This book analyzes East-West economic and political relations in the context of the policies of the major Eastern and Western countries. The authors, a group of international scholars, examine the potential use of East-West trade as an instrument to influence Eastern policies, and they assess the effects of U.S. unilateral imposition of embargoes and sanctions against the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. They conclude that although East-West economic relations suffer during times of increased international tension, trade between them is an important stabilizing element.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- East-West Trade and Détente -- Economic Relations – Interdependence or Marginal Factor? -- Trade -- Credit -- Technology Transfer -- Industrial Cooperation -- Energy -- Summary of Economic Relations -- Western Policies -- The Federal Republic of Germany -- The Special Case of Inter-German Relations -- France -- Great Britain -- Italy -- The European Community -- The United States -- U.S. Energy Policy -- U.S. Export Control and Export Administration Legislation -- International Organizations -- Summary of Western Policies -- Eastern Policies -- The Soviet Union -- Eastern Europe (CMEA 6)* -- Political and Economic Consequences -- 294 -- Economic Relations as a Prop for Détente?