Germany and the Baltic Problem After the Cold War : The Development of a New Ostpolitik, 1989-2000

ISBN-13: 9780714655154 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 264 str.

Kristina Spohr Readman; Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Opis

A unified Germany at the heart of Europe was the dramatic result of the Cold War's denouement in 1989-91. With it came new expectations about a sovereign Germany, and also a revival of old fears. The root question this book addresses is how will the new Germany use its great-power status? Does Germany, as in the past, aim to dominate Europe? Or has it renounced its imperial ambitions following the trauma of division during the Cold War? In seeking answers, the author scrutinizes the development of Germany's new Ostpolitik (New Eastern Policy) in the period 1989-2000. She analyses the re-establishment of a special relationship between Bonn / Berlin and Moscow. She also assesses the peculiar geopolitical situation of the Baltic states, caught between a turbulent Russia in the East and a unified Germany in the West.

Spis treści

1. Germany and the Baltics in the Cold War Endgame, 1989-1991 2. German Questions Past and Present 3. Unified Germany's West(europa)politik in a 'Time Which As Yet Has No Name' 4. Germany and Russia Reborn: Back to the future? 5. The Baltic States: A gauge of Germany's new Ostpolitik and European security 6. Conclusion

O autorze

Kristina Spohr is Junior Research Fellow at Christs' College Cambridge, where she also teaches twentieth century European history. She has published several articles on German unification and NATO's eastern enlargement.