The independent resource on global security
Germany and Europe in Transition
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-829146-9
239 pp.
February, 1991
Once again the subject is Europe after war—this time, the cold war. The European security landscape has changed considerably. The period from November 1989 to November 1990 can be compared with such decisive dates in twentieth-century European history as 1918 and 1945. Germany and Europe have entered a crucial period of transition. While it was relatively easy to describe the dramatic events and changes in the making, it is now more difficult to demonstrate their mutual relationships within the framework of the new European system emerging from them.
The documents published in this volume—many of them for the first time—provide an important record of this historic period. Key papers by some of the leading German politicians of this period, delivered at a SIPRI/IPW conference in Potsdam in February 1990, are also presented. The volume provides the background for a better understanding of developments in Europe—particularly the role of the new German state—to contribute to a sober assessment of the role which the united Germany can play in an emerging new structure for European security, and to facilitate further research on these topics and related issues.
Contents
Introduction
Adam Daniel Rotfeld and Walther Stützle
Part I. A European peace order and the responsibility of the two German states
1. The network of FRG-GDR agreements and the future of Europe
Christa Luft
2. German responsibility for a peaceful order in Europe
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
3. Berlin and European developments
Walter Momper
4. Elections in the GDR: European aspects
A panel discussion chaired by Egon Bahr
Participants: Gregor Gysi, Lothar de Maizière, Walter Romberg, Gerhard Lindner, Bärbel Bohley, Günter Bransch, Fred Dumke
5. German unity and security in Europe
Max Schmidt
6. The research agenda ahead: Lessons for institutes
Karl E. Birnbaum
7. The future of Europe and Germany: conference summary
Adam Daniel Rotfeld
Part II. Documents on German unification and European security
Appendix A. Programme of the SIPRI/IPW Conference, Potsdam, 8-10 February 1990
Appendix B. List of conference participants
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS
Dr Adam Daniel Rotfeld was Director of SIPRI from 1991-2002.
Dr Walther Stützle was the Director of SIPRI from 1986 to 1991.