Academic Catalog

IR419 GERMAN FOREIGN POLICY

Course Code: 3140419
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 6.0
Department: International Relations
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. HÜSEYÝN BAÐCI
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The course content includes: The foreign policy of Germany from Bismarck to Hitler; the emergence of the FRG and GDR; the rearmament of FRG and NATO membership; new orientation in foreign policy of the Adenauer Government (1949-1963); `Ostpolitik` of the FRG during the Grand Coalition (1968-1974); foreign policy under Helmut Schmidt (1974-1982); relations between FRG and GDR; changes in foreign policy under Helmut Kohl and German Unification.