German Unification and the Political Order – Thirty Years Later

Abstract: The history of the post-war division of Germany marks an important point of reference for inter-Korean politics. Both, South Korean president Roh Tae-woo’s Nordpolitik starting in 1988 and South Korean president Kim Dae-jung’s Sunshine Policy (The Reconciliation and Cooperation Policy Towards the North) of 1998 seem to have been directly inspired by West German Chancellor Willy Brandt’s so-called Neue Ostpolitik (New Eastern Policy) based on Egon Bahr’s concept of Wandel durch Annäherung (change through rapproachment), an early and perhaps decisive step in the de-escalation of the Cold War. Today, the peaceful transition of East Germany toward democracy and the subsequent German unification continue to provide a hopeful historical example that peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula may be attainable. https://korea-europe-review.org/index.php/ker/article/view/6

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
German Unification and the Political Order – Thirty Years Later ; number:1 ; day:17 ; month:12 ; year:2021
Korea Europe review ; Heft 1 (17.12.2021)

Creator
Kocka, Jürgen

DOI
10.48770/ker.2021.no1.6
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022030311231714649064
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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