Ostpolitik
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Ostpolitik was West Germany’s Cold War policy of improving relations and easing tensions with Eastern Bloc countries, particularly East Germany and the Soviet Union, through dialogue and cooperation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War policy
→
West German policy → foreign policy doctrine → |
| appliesTo |
relations with Czechoslovakia
→
relations with East Germany → relations with Poland → relations with other Eastern Bloc states → relations with the Soviet Union → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
West Germany
→
surface form: "Federal Republic of Germany"
|
| associatedWith |
Egon Bahr
→
Social Democratic Party of Germany → Willy Brandt → |
| basedOn | Wandel durch Annäherung → |
| contributedTo |
détente between East and West
→
improved travel and visitation rights between FRG and GDR → international recognition of both German states → |
| countryOfOrigin | West Germany → |
| criticizedFor | recognition of the status quo in Europe → |
| endTime | late 1970s → |
| follows | Hallstein Doctrine → |
| goal |
easing Cold War tensions in Europe
→
facilitation of German-German contacts → improvement of relations with Eastern Bloc → normalization of relations with East Germany → promotion of European détente → rapprochement with the Soviet Union → recognition of postwar European borders → reduction of risk of military confrontation in Central Europe → |
| hasPart |
Ostpolitik
→
surface form: "Neue Ostpolitik"
|
| influenced |
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
→
surface form: "Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe"
Helsinki Accords →
surface form: "Helsinki Final Act"
|
| mainProponent | Willy Brandt → |
| opposedBy |
Christian Social Union in Bavaria
→
surface form: "Bavarian Christian Social Union"
Christian Democratic Union of Germany → |
| politicalContext |
Cold War
→
surface form: "Cold War in Europe"
division of Germany → |
| replaces | Hallstein Doctrine → |
| significantEvent |
1969 West German federal election
→
Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) → Brandt chancellorship → Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) → Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) → Treaty of Moscow (1970) → Treaty of Warsaw (1970) → |
| slogan | Wandel durch Annäherung → |
| startTime | late 1960s → |
| uses |
cultural and human contacts
→
dialogue and negotiation → economic cooperation → treaty-based cooperation → |
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik"
this entity surface form: "West German Ostpolitik"
this entity surface form: "German reunification policy"
this entity surface form: "Neue Ostpolitik"
this entity surface form: "West German Ostpolitik"
this entity surface form: "Brandt government foreign policy"
this entity surface form: "Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt"
this entity surface form: "West German Ostpolitik initiative"