Ostpolitik

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Cold War policy West German policy foreign policy doctrine

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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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Ostpolitik canonical	22
Neue Ostpolitik	2
West German Ostpolitik	2
Brandt government Ostpolitik	1
Brandt government foreign policy	1
German reunification policy	1
Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt	1
West German Eastern policy	1
West German Eastern policy of the late 1960s	1
West German Ostpolitik initiative	1
West German Ostpolitik policy	1
Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik	1

Statements (50)

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Germany → foreignPolicyDoctrine → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Westbindung → relatedConcept → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Ostpolitik → hasPart → Ostpolitik self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neue Ostpolitik

Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) → subject → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Basic Treaty between the FRG and the GDR (1972) → negotiatedUnderPolicy → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt

Transit Agreement between the FRG and the GDR (1971) → partOf → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Treaty of Moscow (1970) → subjectOf → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Treaty of Moscow (1970) → partOf → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Treaty of Moscow (1970) → policyContext → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Willy Brandt → movement → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Willy Brandt → notableWork → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Treaty of Warsaw (1970) → politicalContext → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Treaty of Warsaw (1970) → advancedPolicyOf → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik

Treaty of Warsaw (1970) → resultedFrom → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: West German Ostpolitik initiative

Hallstein Doctrine → replacedBy → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Wandel durch Annäherung → ideologicalBasis → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Wandel durch Annäherung → influenced → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: West German Ostpolitik

Wandel durch Annäherung → influenced → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brandt government foreign policy

Four Power Agreement on Berlin (1971) → enables → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: West German Ostpolitik

Egon Bahr → notableFor → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Egon Bahr → fieldOfWork → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: German reunification policy

Egon Bahr → movement → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Detente → contextOf → Ostpolitik ⓘ

subject surface form: Détente

Two Plus Four Agreement negotiations → relatedTo → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Basic Treaty → relatedTo → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Basic Treaty → politicalContext → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: West German Ostpolitik policy

West German–Soviet Moscow Treaty → partOf → Ostpolitik ⓘ

West German–Soviet Moscow Treaty → policyAssociatedWith → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neue Ostpolitik

Walter Scheel → participantIn → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Tutzing speech → mainTheme → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: West German Eastern policy

Tutzing speech → introducedConcept → Ostpolitik ⓘ

Tutzing speech → influenced → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: West German Eastern policy of the late 1960s

Tutzing speech → influenced → Ostpolitik ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brandt government Ostpolitik

Brandt–Scheel coalition government → appliesPolicy → Ostpolitik ⓘ