East Germany's North European Policy prior to International Recognition of the German Democratic Republic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12269593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael F Scholz (Visby lasarett, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 553-571 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary European History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0960-7773 • E-ISSN: 1469-2171 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0960777306003547 |
| OpenAlex | W2165829608 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
The main aim of the GDR's foreign policy was to promote the survival and stabilisation of the SED dictatorship, and the so-called ‘worldwide revolution’, by seeking external recognition. After it was granted full sovereignty in 1954–5 the East German state carefully cultivated relations with Western countries. The Scandinavian countries received special attention on the basis of common history, natural economic and transport links, a close relationship with their respective communist parties and East German conformity to Soviet policy in the Baltic region. Up to the 1970s the GDR's main aim was to end its own international isolation. Despite a few spectacular successes, not even Sweden was won over and the final breakthrough did not come until the government of the FRG embarked on its new and successful Ostpolitik. In 1972–3 the Scandinavian countries were among the first officially to recognise the GDR
Communism · Democracy · Dictatorship · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Geography · German · German government · Political science · Politics · Sovereignty · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law
Die Aussenpolitik der DDR
Deutschskandinavische Beziehungen nach 1945
Die geheime Westpolitik der SED, 1960-1970
Stalin's ungeliebtes Kind
Skandinavische Erfahrungen erwunscht? Nachexil und Remigration. Die ehemaligen KPD-Emigranten in Skandinavien und ihr weiteres Schicksal in der SBZ/DDR
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
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