Origins of the European Security System
The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75
1st Edition
Published on 29. April 2008
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-0-415-43387-7 (ISBN)
Description
This edited volume explores the significance of the early 'Helsinki process' as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of security during the latter half of the Cold War.
The early Helsinki process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and made human rights a requirement of a legitimate and well-functioning international system, thus providing the framework for disarmament in Europe in the mid-1980s, as well as the inspiration for the later demise of Communism in Europe. Using newly declassified archives, the book explores the positions of the two superpowers and the crucial impact of European Community member states, which introduced European values into the Cold War debate on security. It also shows how Eastern and Central European nations, such as Poland, did not restrict themselves to providing support to Moscow but, rather, pursued interests of their own. The volume sheds light on the complementary role of the neutrals as mediators and special negotiators in the multilateral negotiations; on the interdependence of politics and economics; and on the link between military security and the CSCE process.
The early Helsinki process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and made human rights a requirement of a legitimate and well-functioning international system, thus providing the framework for disarmament in Europe in the mid-1980s, as well as the inspiration for the later demise of Communism in Europe. Using newly declassified archives, the book explores the positions of the two superpowers and the crucial impact of European Community member states, which introduced European values into the Cold War debate on security. It also shows how Eastern and Central European nations, such as Poland, did not restrict themselves to providing support to Moscow but, rather, pursued interests of their own. The volume sheds light on the complementary role of the neutrals as mediators and special negotiators in the multilateral negotiations; on the interdependence of politics and economics; and on the link between military security and the CSCE process.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
581 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-43387-7 (9780415433877)
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The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75
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Origins of the European Security System
The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75
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04/2008
Routledge
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Andreas Wenger | Vojtech Mastny | Christian Nuenlist
Origins of the European Security System
The Helsinki Process Revisited, 1965-75
E-Book
04/2008
Routledge
€64.49
Available for download
Persons
Andreas Wenger, Vojtech Mastny, Christian Nuenlist
Content
Part 1: Introduction 1. New Perspectives on the Origins of the CSCE Process Andreas Wenger and Vojtech Mastny Part 2: The Superpowers and European Detente 2. North America, Atlanticism, and the Making of the Helsinki Final Act Michael Cotey Morgan 3. Henry Kissinger and the Reconceptualization of European Security, 1969-75 Jeremi Suri 4. The USSR and the Helsinki Process, 1969-75: Optimism, Doubt, or Defiance? Marie-Pierre Rey Part 3: Eastern Strategies in the CSCE 5. The Warsaw Pact and the European Security Conference, 1964-69: Sovereignty, Hegemony, and the German Question Douglas Selvage 6. The GDR's Targets in the Early CSCE Process: Another Missed Opportunity to Freeze the Division of Germany, 1969-73 Federica Caciagli 7. 'Europe Must Not Become Greater Finland': Opponents of the CSCE: The German CDU/CSU and China Bernd Schaefer Part 4: Western Strategies in the CSCE 8. The EC-Nine, the CSCE, and the Changing Pattern of European Security Daniel Moeckli 9. From Linkage to Freer Movement: The Federal Republic of Germany and the Nexus between Western CSCE Preparations and Deutschlandpolitik, 1969-72 Petri Hakkarainen 10. 'It Was Cold War and We Wanted to Win': Human Rights, 'Detente', and the CSCE Floribert Baudet Part 5: The Neutrals - Economics - Military Security 11. Expanding the East-West Dialogue beyond the Bloc Division: The Neutrals as Negotiators and Mediators, 1969-75 Christian Nuenlist 12. Helsinki and Rambouillet: US Attitudes towards Trade and Security during the Early CSCE Process, 1972-75 Duccio Basosi 13. The Link between CSCE and MBFR: Two Sprouts from One Bulb Helga Haftendorn