04030nam 22006131 450 991078808270332120150904122658.09781472596352 (ebook)9781472596345 (PDF ebook)9781472596314 (paperback)9781472596321 (hardback)10.5040/9781472596352(CKB)2670000000577666(EBL)1865466(SSID)ssj0001382766(PQKBManifestationID)12494121(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001382766(PQKBWorkID)11477092(PQKB)11092132(MiAaPQ)EBC1865466(MiAaPQ)EBC6159960(OCoLC)1167582507(UtOrBLW)bpp09259738(EXLCZ)99267000000057766620160225d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGermany, Russia and the Rise of Geo-Economics /Stephen F. SzaboLondon :Bloomsbury Academic,2015.1 online resource (201 pages)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: 9781472596321 Print version: 9781472596321 Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.The foreign policy of Germany Inc. -- Germans and Russians -- Who makes Russia policy? -- Doing business with Russia Inc. -- Security and geo-economics -- Germany's Russlandpolitik : implications for the United States, Poland and Europe -- Conclusions : Germany the shaping power."Having emerged from the end of the Cold War as a unified country, Germany has quickly become the second largest exporter in the world. Its economic might has made it the center of the Eurozone and the pivotal power of Europe. Like other geo-economic powers, Germany's foreign policy is characterized by a definition of the national interest in economic terms and the elevation of economic interests over non-economic values such as human rights or democracy promotion. This strategic paradigm is evident in German's relationship with China, the Gulf States and Europe, but it is most important in regard to its evolving policies towards Russia. In this book, Stephen F. Szabo provides a description and analysis of German policy towards Russia, revealing how unified Germany is finding its global role in which its interests do not always coincide with the United States or its European partners. He explores the role of German business and finance in the shaping of foreign policy and investigates how Germany's Russia policy effects its broader foreign policy in the region and at how it is perceived by key outside players such as the United States, Poland and the EU. With reference to public, opinion, the media and think tanks Szabo reveals how Germans perceive Russians, and he uncovers the ways in which its dealings with Russia affect Germany in terms of the importing of corruption and crime. Drawing on interviews with key opinion-shapers, business and financial players and policy makers and on a wide variety of public opinion surveys, media reports and archival sources, his will be a key resource for all those wishing to understand the new geo-economic balance of Europe."--Bloomsbury Publishing.GeopoliticsEconomic aspectsPolitics & governmentGermanyForeign economic relationsRussia (Federation)GermanyForeign relations1990-GermanyForeign relationsRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Foreign economic relationsGermanyRussia (Federation)Foreign relationsGermanyGeopoliticsEconomic aspects.337.43047Szabo Stephen F.919956UtOrBLWUtOrBLW9910788082703321Germany, Russia and the Rise of Geo-Economics2063452UNINA