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

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