The Plight of Satellite Diplomacy

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ID6403438
AuthorsStephen D Kertesz (corresponding author), Stephen Kertesz
Year1949
Volume11
Issue1
Pages26-62
Publication date1949-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500044673
OpenAlexW2095665706
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

The recent historical process in Eastern Europe has been the reverse of the evolution in colonial matters. In other parts of the world, former colonies reached a degree of complete independence. In East Europe, formerly independent states acquired the peculiar status of semi-dependent colonies. Nazi Germany applied colonial methods in her dealings with European states and invented various categories of protectorates and semi-dependencies. One of the new categories was that of the countries known as satellite states. This meant that some countries, remaining theoretically sovereign members of the family of nations, lost their independence and particularly their freedom of action in international and domestic affairs. The satellite states were never considered by Germany as equal partners but only as more or less reliable “Hilfs-völker.” Equality and cooperation in international relations was in conceivable to the Nazi mind

Colonialism · Development economics · Diplomacy · Economic history · Economics · Foreign policy · Geography · Independence (probability theory · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereign state · Sovereignty · History · International Law and Aviation · Law

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