Product details
- Categories: Allemagne, NATO
- Publisher: PALGRAVE-MACMILLAN
- ISBN: 9781403974198
- Publication Date: 22/05/2007
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 320
- Language: English
Summary
This book assesses the diplomatic path of influence taken by German decision-makers during the early nineties in pursuit of their cautiously articulated interest in and commitment to the eastward enlargement of NATO.
Table of contents
Introduction
PART I: GERMANY'S ACADEMIC FOREIGN POLICY DEBATE
The Question of Germany's Normalizing Ambitions
Germany - Still Not A Civilianizing Power
PART II: GERMAN DIPLOMACY AS COMMUNICATIVE ACTION
In The Habermasian Practice of Reasoning
The Smyser-Habermasian Navigational Aid for Analysis
PART III: GERMANY'S INFLUENCE ON THE U.S. DECISION TO ENLARGE NATO: THE PROCESS FROM 1993-1997
The Year 1993: Initiating the Debate on NATO Enlargement
The Year 1994: The Holbrooke-Factor
The Year 1995: Keeping the Process Afloat
The Years 1996/7: Winning Moscow's Approval