Germany and the Baltic Problem After the Cold War

<p>The root question this book addresses is how the new Germany will use its re-found status as a great power. Does Germany - as in the past - aim to dominate Europe? Or has it renounced its imperial ambitions following the trauma of division during the Cold War?<br><br>In seeking answers to these questions Kristina Spohr Readman scrutinises the development of Germany's new <em>Ostpolitik </em>(eastern policy) in the period 1989-2000. Against the background of recent European history she analyses the re-establishment of a special relationship between Bonn/Berlin and Moscow. In particular she assesses the peculiar geopolitical situation of the Baltic states: caught between a turbulent Russia in the east and a unified Germany in the west. The Baltic case reveals the complexities of a post-Cold War European security architecture in the making.</p>