Bedeutung nichtstaatlicher Akteure in den tschechoslowakisch-westdeutschen Beziehungen in den 1960er Jahren

• Authors: Soběhart Radek

Title variants

EN

THE IMPORTANCE OF NON-STATE ACTORS IN THE CZECHOSLOVAK AND WEST GERMAN RELATIONS IN 1960S

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

The paper describes the modern history of international relations based on the liberalism-constructivism approach. The main goal is to decrease the importance of the state in international relations and to point out the importance of a number of other actors that influence communication in international relations (multinational companies, non-state actors, new social movements, media, etc.). Such expansion is also of importance for the Czechoslovak and West German relations in the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, official diplomatic relations did not exist, therefore the communication transpired via these non-state actors. Scientific workplaces focusing on the area of international relations played a key role in this process, namely the Czechoslovak Ústav pro mezinárodní politiku a ekonomii and the West German Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik. However even these scientific institutions were influenced by the ideological and institutional settings of each respective country. The Ústav pro mezinárodní politiku a ekonomii in many aspects simply repeated propaganda statements of the Communist government towards West Germany. Due to its own activities aimed at the Czechoslovak and West German relations in the 1960s and the effort to gain a more independent position, it was disbanded in early 1970s. A new workplace was created instead, which was once again fully subordinate to the Communist party. On the other hand, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik represents a modern think-tank created in the Anglo-Saxon world. In many propositions, the analysis formed their own, independent stances that often contradicted the official views of the West German government.

Keywords

EN

international relations; non-state actors; Czechoslowakia; Cold War; West Germany; international history; think-tanks

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Prague Papers on the History of International Relations
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 71-91

Contributors

author

Soběhart Radek

• Department of Management, Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice