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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973288103321

Autore

Arora Chaya

Titolo

Germany's Civilian Power Diplomacy : NATO Expansion and the Art of Communicative Action / / by C. Arora

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611369965

9781281369963

1281369969

9781403983343

1403983348

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 303 pages)

Disciplina

355/.031091821

Soggetti

International relations

Europe - Politics and government

International organization

Diplomacy

World politics

International Relations

European Politics

International Organization

Political History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universitat Frankfurt am Main.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction * Part I: Germany's Academic Foreign Policy Debate * The Question of Germany's Normalizing Ambitions * Germany-Still Not a Civilianizing Power * Part II: German Diplomacy As Communicative Action * In the Habermasian Practice of Reasoning * The Smyser-Habermasian Navigational Aid for Analysis * Part III: Germany?s Influence on the U.S. Decision to Enlarge NATO: The Process from 1993-1997 * The Year 1993: Initiating the Debate on NATO Enlargement * The Year 1994: The Holbrooke-Factor * The Year 1995:



Keeping the Process Afloat * The Years 1996/7: Winning Moscow's Approval

Sommario/riassunto

This book assesses the diplomatic path of influence taken by German decision-makers during the early nineties in pursuit of their cautiously articulated interest in and commitment to the eastward enlargement of NATO.