Home Forums Blogs Articles Photos Videos Contact FAQ

Ostpolitik - Intention and Realisation

Ostpolitik - Intention and Realisation: Encyclopedia II - Ostpolitik - Intention and Realisation

The goal of the Ostpolitik of the 1970s was to surmount but not to reverse the existing status quo between the two German states, which were formed in 1948 after World War II, and to ultimately lead to their reunification, while giving up the goal of immediate reunification as a prerequisite to all other decisions. Among the elements of Ostpolitik was abandonment of the Hallstein Doctrine and recognition of the Oder-Ne ...

Ostpolitik: Encyclopedia II - Ostpolitik - Intention and Realisation

Ostpolitik - Intention and Realisation

The goal of the Ostpolitik of the 1970s was to surmount but not to reverse the existing status quo between the two German states, which were formed in 1948 after World War II, and to ultimately lead to their reunification, while giving up the goal of immediate reunification as a prerequisite to all other decisions.

Among the elements of Ostpolitik was abandonment of the Hallstein Doctrine and recognition of the Oder-Neisse line as the border between Poland and East Germany.

Also important was closer trading relations with Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. This helped shore up the faltering communist economies, but it also made visible to the citizens of Eastern Europe the contrast between the wealth and high quality consumer goods of the west and the relative poverty of the east.

Other related archives

1948, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, August 12th, Basic Treaty, Chancellor, Cold War, December 11th, December 17th, December 21st, December 7th, Détente, East Germany, Egon Bahr, FRG, Federal Republic of Germany, Finlandization, GDR, Gorbachev, Hallstein Doctrine, Konrad Adenauer, Oder-Neisse line, Poland, September 3rd, South Korea, Soviet Union, Sunshine policy, Treaty of Moscow, Treaty of Warsaw, United Nations, United States, West Germany, Willi Stoph, Willy Brandt, World War II, as of 2005, siege mentality, status quo

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Intention and Realisation", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

More material related to Ostpolitik can be found here:

Main Page
for
Ostpolitik Index of Articles
related to
Ostpolitik