West German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Michael Borchard, Stefan Karner, Peter Ruggenthaler, Hanns Jürgen Küsters, Dr Michael Borchard, Prof. Hanns Jurgen Kusters

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West German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe explores how the détente policy changed the character of the Cold War.The Moscow files, now opened for the first time show 50 years later, reveal new insights and implications into the creation and implementation of the détente policy. This collection offers a detailed examination of European security from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s with focus on five areas: 1) the first stirrings of détente in West German-Soviet relations, the framework conditions of domestic and foreign policy on the two sides and the extent to which interests ultimately enshrined in treaties were contradictory and/or compatible; 2) the preconditions of détente in the first half of the Brezhnev era; 3) economic interests as a driving force of political change; 4) the consequences of the Treaty of Moscow for East European states; and 5) the consequences of the Transatlantic partnership. The contributors highlight the complexity of domestic and international considerations that produced Ostpolitik and the subsequent emergence of long-term East-West détente in Europe, while offering the argument that Eastern policies and détente only came to fruition after the climax of the Cold War.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-01-08
Mått152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt503 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHarvard Cold War Studies Book Series
Antal sidor464
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9798765167670

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Michael Borchard is Head of the Department of Scientific Services and Archive for Christian Democratic Politics at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.Stefan Karner is Director of the Institute for Economic, Social and Business History at the University of Graz.Hanns Jürgen Küsters is Professor of political science and contemporary history at the University of Bonn.Peter Ruggenthaler is Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War.

List of TablesAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionMichael Borchard (Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany), Stefan Karner (University of Graz, Austria), Hanns Jürgen Küsters (University of Bonn, Germany), and Peter Ruggenthaler (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War, Austria)Part 1: East-West Détente – Times of Change in the Early Brezhnev Era1. Was the “Neue Ostpolitik” Really That New? The Establishment of Diplomatic Relations and Their Consequences and the Lines of Continuity Leading to Willy Brandt's PoliciesMichael Borchard (Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Germany)2. Germany's Legal Status in the Negotiations on the Treaties with Warsaw Pact States, the Basic Treaty and the CSCE in the Light of Soviet FilesHanns Jürgen Küsters (University of Bonn, Germany)3. The Soviet Economy in the Khrushchev and Brezhnev Years 1964–1975. Reforms, Doldrums and Paths Not TakenStefan Karner (University of Graz, Austria)4. The Brezhnev Doctrine and its Implications for OstpolitikMark Kramer (Harvard University, USA)5. Brezhnev and Brandt’s Neue OstpolitikMikhail Prozumenshchikov (Russian State Archives of Contemporary History, Russia)6. The Road to Helsinki: Defusing tensions with Bonn as the last stage on the road to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in EuropePeter Ruggenthaler and Anna Steiner (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War, Austria)7. The KGB’s Secret Channel and Its Actors, 1969–1981Nikita Petrov (Memorial International, Russia)8. The Soviet Union, China, and DétenteSergey Radchenko (Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Europe, Italy)Part 2: Western Allies and the West Germany’s Ostpolitik9. Interest and the Shared Purpose of the Western Alliance. The North Atlantic Alliance and the Runup to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 1964–1972Dieter Krüger (University of Potsdam, Germany)10. Complex Relations: Nixon, Kissinger, and Willy BrandtKlaus Larres (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) and Ashley Low (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)11. A Relic of the Cold War? The Nixon Administration, Brandt’s New Ostpolitik” and Radio Free Europe, 1969-73Douglas Selvage (Stasi Records Archive, Germany)12. The Basis of Ostpolitik and Détente: The Heath Government (1970-1974) and the Berlin QuestionAnne Deighton (University of Oxford, UK)13. French Détente Policy and “new Ostpolitik“Julien Genevois (Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France)Part 3: The Impacts of Détente in East Central Europe14. Anchoring the GDR in the Eastern Bloc as a Collateral Effect of DétenteManfred Wilke (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War, Austria)15. The People’s Republic of Poland and OstpolitikWanda Jarzabek (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)16. 1968, Czechoslovakia, U.S. Policy and DétenteOldrich Tuma (Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)17. Uncanny Leagues: Brandt, Ceau?escu, and the Cold War DétenteMarius Stan (University of Bucharest, Romania)18. Hungary in the Ostpolitik of the Federal Republic of GermanyMagdolna Baráth (Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security, Hungary)19. Bulgaria, CSCE, and West German OstpolitikNadia Boyadjieva (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria)Selected BibliographyPrinted SourcesIndex