Tag: Ostpolitik
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Exile172 – Marla’s Time Travel
Today is day 172 of my exile. Exile 172. Nineteen seventy-two. The year is marked by cautious rapprochement between the power blocs. In Europe, détente is taking shape, while the world continues to live in the shadow of the Cold War. Talks between the United States and the Soviet Union on arms limitation show that deterrence and dialogue can exist at the same time. Read more
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Exile171 – Marla’s Time Travel
Today is day 171 of my exile. Exile 171. Nineteen seventy-one. Germany continues to live in the dual reality of East and West. In Bonn, the new Ostpolitik is being deepened, while in East Berlin, international recognition of the GDR is being advanced. The Four-Power Agreement on Berlin emerges from years of tension and the shared interest in not once again turning the city into a Read more
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Exile169 – Marla’s Journey Through Time
Today is day 169 of my exile. Exile 169. Nineteen sixty-nine. Nineteen sixty-nine stands for upheaval and reorientation. In the Federal Republic, Gustav Heinemann is elected Federal President, and in the fall a social-liberal coalition under Willy Brandt takes office. With it begins a cautious recalibration of Ostpolitik, driven by the recognition that the German question can only be resolved in Read more