Wandel durch Annäherung
E60391
Wandel durch Annäherung is a Cold War-era West German foreign policy concept advocating that political and social change in Eastern Europe could be achieved through gradual engagement and rapprochement rather than confrontation.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War policy concept
→
West German political doctrine → foreign policy doctrine → |
| aimsAt |
improving human contacts across the Iron Curtain
→
long‑term German reunification → promoting political liberalization in Eastern Europe → reducing East–West tensions → |
| appliesTo |
Eastern Europe
→
East Germany →
surface form:
German Democratic Republic
Soviet Union → |
| associatedWith | Willy Brandt → |
| contrastsWith |
policy of containment only
→
policy of isolation → |
| coreIdea |
gradual transformation via cooperation
→
political change through engagement → rapprochement instead of confrontation → |
| countryOfOrigin | West Germany → |
| criticizedBy | conservative politicians in West Germany → |
| criticizedFor | allegedly recognizing the status quo in Eastern Europe → |
| field | international relations theory → |
| firstFormulatedBy | Egon Bahr → |
| firstFormulatedIn | Tutzing speech → |
| formulatedBy | Egon Bahr → |
| formulatedIn | 1960s → |
| hasKeyElement | linking practical cooperation to long‑term transformation goals → |
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to East–West détente in Europe
→
foundation of West German Ostpolitik in the late 1960s and early 1970s → |
| ideologicalBasis |
Ostpolitik
→
realpolitik → |
| implementedBy |
Brandt–Scheel coalition government
→
Social Democratic Party of Germany → |
| influenced |
Ostpolitik
→
surface form:
Brandt government foreign policy
Ostpolitik →
surface form:
West German Ostpolitik
treaty policy with Eastern Bloc states → |
| languageOfName | German → |
| literalMeaning | change through rapprochement → |
| method |
cultural exchange
→
economic cooperation → political dialogue → treaty‑based normalization of relations → |
| politicalContext | Cold War → |
| relatedConcept |
détente
→
rapprochement → |
| supports |
acceptance of existing borders as a precondition for change
→
step‑by‑step agreements with Eastern Bloc states → |
| usedAs | paradigm for engagement policies with authoritarian regimes → |
| yearOfFirstFormulation | 1963 → |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.