Hallstein Doctrine

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The Hallstein Doctrine was a Cold War-era West German foreign policy that refused diplomatic relations with any country (except the USSR) that recognized East Germany as a sovereign state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War policy ⓘ
foreign policy doctrine ⓘ
appliesTo Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: West Germany

German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany

German unification question ⓘ
diplomatic recognition ⓘ
consequence diplomatic tensions with non-aligned states ⓘ
limited diplomatic relations for West Germany with some developing countries ⓘ
reinforcement of German division in international system ⓘ
corePrinciple West Germany would not maintain diplomatic relations with states recognizing East Germany as a sovereign state ⓘ
country West Germany ⓘ
endTime early 1970s ⓘ
exception Soviet Union ⓘ
foreignPolicyOrientation anti-communist ⓘ
pro-Western ⓘ
goal assert exclusive representation of the German nation by West Germany ⓘ
prevent international recognition of East Germany ⓘ
historicalSignificance illustration of Cold War bloc politics in Europe ⓘ
key element of West German strategy to isolate East Germany internationally ⓘ
implementedBy West German Foreign Office ⓘ
West German embassies ⓘ
influencedBy West German Basic Law claim to represent all Germans ⓘ
legalBasis interpretation of West German constitutional claim to represent all Germans ⓘ
mainPeriod Cold War ⓘ
method breaking diplomatic relations with states recognizing East Germany ⓘ
namedAfter Walter Hallstein ⓘ
notableCase break in relations with Cuba in 1963 ⓘ
break in relations with Yugoslavia in 1957 ⓘ
opposedBy Eastern Bloc states ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Bloc

German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
politicalContext division of Germany after World War II ⓘ
non-recognition of East Germany ⓘ
positionHeldBy Konrad Adenauer government ⓘ
linked to: Konrad Adenauer
region Europe ⓘ
relatedAgreement Basic Treaty (1972) ⓘ
replacedBy Ostpolitik ⓘ
replacedUnder Willy Brandt government ⓘ
startTime 1955 ⓘ
statedIn West German foreign policy ⓘ
supportedBy NATO allies (politically, but not always in practice) ⓘ
linked to: NATO
weakenedUnder Kurt Georg Kiesinger government ⓘ
Ludwig Erhard government ⓘ

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Ostpolitik → follows → Hallstein Doctrine ⓘ
Ostpolitik → replaces → Hallstein Doctrine ⓘ
Walter Hallstein → notableWork → Hallstein Doctrine ⓘ
Walter Hallstein → knownFor → Hallstein Doctrine in West German foreign policy ⓘ
linked to: Hallstein Doctrine
Walter Hallstein → notableFor → Hallstein Doctrine ⓘ
subject linked to: Hallstein
Hallstein → hasRelatedConcept → Hallstein Doctrine ⓘ