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050 4 _aDD290.29
_b.A86 1991
100 1 _aAsmus, Ronald D.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aGerman unification and its ramifications /
_cRonald D. Asmus.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1991.
300 _axv, 89 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Arroyo Center"--Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 89).
520 _aThis report assesses the political, economic, foreign, and security policy implications of German unification and draws the central conclusion that unification has fundamentally transformed Germany's position and role in Europe. The author identifies four dangers facing German policymakers: (1) residual uncertainties of German domestic politics in the wake of unification; (2) the possibility that Germany will not engineer its political and economic integration into the European Community as quickly or as comprehensively as it hopes; (3) the chance that Germany will be overwhelmed by the problems of political and economic reconstruction farther to the east; and (4) Germany's need to develop and sustain a satisfactory relationship with the Soviet Union when the Soviet state is fragmented. The U.S. role in Germany and Europe will not be one of a controller or mentor, but rather one of a key leadership partner in the Western world; the United states will be a key interlocutor with the Soviet Union on security issues.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aWorld politics
_y1989-
651 0 _aEurope
_xPolitics and government
_y1989-
651 0 _aGermany
_xHistory
_yUnification, 1990.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 2 _aArroyo Center.
_bStrategy and Doctrine Program.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bArmy.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4021/
999 _c598240
_d598240