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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809456103321

Autore

Spohr Readman Kristina

Titolo

Germany and the Baltic problem after the Cold War : the development of a new Ostpolitik, 1989-2000 / / Kristina Spohr Readman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, OR, : F. Cass, c2003

ISBN

1-135-77022-0

1-280-22561-0

9786610225613

0-203-48945-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Disciplina

327.430479/09/049

Soggetti

Post-communism - Baltic States

Post-communism - Europe, Eastern

Germany Foreign relations Baltic States

Baltic States Foreign relations Germany

Germany Foreign relations Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern Foreign relations Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Germany and the Baltics in the Cold War's Endgame, 1989-91; 2 German Questions Past and Present; 3 Unified Germany's West(europa)politik at a 'Time Which as yet Has no Name'; 4 Germany and Russia Reborn: Back to the Future?; 5 The Baltic States: A Gauge of Unified Germany's Ostpolitik and European Security; Conclusion, or One Answer to the German Question; Postscript: The Methodology of a Contemporary History; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The root question this book addresses is how the new Germany will use its re-found status as a great power. 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 to these questions, Kristina Spohr Readman scrutinises the



development of Germany's new Ostpolitik (eastern policy) in the period 1989-2000. Against the background of recent European history, she analyses the re-establishment of a special relationship between Bonn/Berlin and Moscow.