Energy diplomacy: West Germany, the Soviet Union and the oil crises of the 1970s

Abstract: This article analyzes West German energy policy and negotiations with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Archival sources from the West German government show that long-term energy diplomacy became a carefully built link which guaranteed cooperation even during political crises,such as the one in 1980/81. This article argues that energy diplomacy catalyzed Brandt’s Ostpolitik. In particular, natural gas pipelines implied mutual trust within a stable relationship, which led to further collaborations, including cooperation in nuclear power. It points out that, from this perspective, 1973 was not exactly a turning point, and some grandiose plans in the years after the first oil crisis failed. Furthermore the article shows how the second oil crisis in 1979 increased cooperation cooperation between West Germany and the Soviet Union, although this strained West Germany’s relationship with the United States. Archival documents reveal that energy policy matters remained wellcalculated a

Weitere Titel
Energiediplomatie: Westdeutschland, die Sowjetunion und die Ölkrisen der 1970er Jahre
Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Energy diplomacy: West Germany, the Soviet Union and the oil crises of the 1970s ; volume:39 ; number:4 ; year:2014 ; pages:165-184
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Historical social research ; 39, Heft 4 (2014), 165-184

Klassifikation
Politik
Geschichte

Urheber
Bösch, Frank

DOI
10.12759/hsr.39.2014.4.165-185
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-403950
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Letzte Aktualisierung
14.08.2025, 11:02 MESZ

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