Ostpolitik

ostpolitik English Etymology From en de Ostpolitik. Proper noun The policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union. en 2005 2010 The Power of the Powerless w:Tony Judt Vintage Books London 9781446418024 Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945 One of the paradoxes of Ostpolitik, as practiced by Brandt and his successors, was that by transferring large sums of hard currency into East Germany and showering the GDR with recognition, attention, and support, West German officials unintentionally foreclosed any chance of internal change, including reform of Eastern Germany’s polluted, antiquated industrial economy. en https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/28/ukraine-conflict-leads-eu-to-rid-itself-of-russian-sacred-cows Since Ostpolitik, the normalisation of relations between then West Germany and the east, policy has been predicated upon Russia being a status quo power, not an imperialist one. w:The Guardian w:Guardian Media Group 2022-02-28 2022-02-28 Daniel Boffey Ukraine conflict leads EU to rid itself of Russian sacred cows https://web.archive.org/web/20261024014326/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/28/ukraine-conflict-leads-eu-to-rid-itself-of-russian-sacred-cows 24 October 2026 en Germany Politics German Etymology de :af Ost<t:east> Politik<t:politics> de Ost Politik east politics Pronunciation de De-Ostpolitik.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f The policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union. Further reading de