LEADER 04023nam 22006131 450 001 9910812635003321 005 20150904122658.0 010 $a9781472596352 (ebook) 010 $a9781472596345 (PDF ebook) 010 $z9781472596314 (paperback) 010 $z9781472596321 (hardback) 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472596352 035 $a(CKB)2670000000577666 035 $a(EBL)1865466 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001382766 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12494121 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001382766 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11477092 035 $a(PQKB)11092132 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1865466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6159960 035 $a(OCoLC)1167582507 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09259738 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472596352BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000577666 100 $a20160225d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGermany, Russia and the Rise of Geo-Economics /$fStephen F. Szabo 210 1$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (201 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: 9781472596321 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aGeopolitics$xEconomic aspects 606 $2Politics & government 607 $aGermany$xForeign economic relations$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$y1990- 607 $aGermany$xForeign relations$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xForeign economic relations$zGermany 607 $aRussia (Federation)$xForeign relations$zGermany 615 0$aGeopolitics$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a337.43047 700 $aSzabo$b Stephen F.$0919956 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 912 $a9910812635003321 996 $aGermany, Russia and the Rise of Geo-Economics$92063452 997 $aUNINA