Germany, Russia, and the Rise of Geo-Economics.
Having emerged from the end of the Cold War as a unified country, Germany has quickly become the second largest exporter in the world. Its economic might has made it the center of the Eurozone and the pivotal power of Europe. Like other geo-economic powers, Germany's foreign policy is character...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2014.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Foreign Policy of Germany Inc.; Drang nach Osten; Trading state versus civilian power; Germany as a reemerging power; Germany as a geo-economic power; Adapting Ostpolitik to globalization; 2 Germans and Russians; German images of Russia; Historical context; Contemporary German public opinion on Russia; Germans and Russian democracy; 3 Who Makes Russia Policy?; The political parties and the Bundestag; Inside the German government; German business; The role of German think tanks, political foundations, and academia.
- 4 Doing Business with Russia Inc. Dealing with the devil: German business in Russia; The costs of corruption; The case of Siemens AG; Gazprom in Germany; The Gazprom German team; Implications of the energy revolution; 5 Security and Geo-Economics; The geopolitics of geo-economics; Military force: Nein Danke; Defending Germany Inc.; The resource and markets imperative; The Merkel doctrine and arms exports; Cyber security and industrial espionage; 6 Germany's Russlandpolitik: Implications for the United States, Poland, and Europe; Russia as the centerpiece in the German-American relationship.
- The legacy of 1989 in Germany and the United StatesThe German and American publics and Russia; Assymetrical economic stakes; The German-American strategic debate; Strategic options for the United States; Poland's resets with Germany and Russia; The role of the European Union; In the wake of the Ukraine crisis; 7 Conclusions: Germany the Shaping Power; Future scenarios for German-Russian relations; Germany and the geo-economic world; Germany as a shaping power; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.