Mary Elise Sarotte
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691163710
- eISBN:
- 9781400852307
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691163710.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This book explores the momentous events following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the effects they have had on the world ever since. Based on documents, interviews, and television broadcasts from ...
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This book explores the momentous events following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the effects they have had on the world ever since. Based on documents, interviews, and television broadcasts from Washington, London, Paris, Bonn, Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, and a dozen other locations, the book describes how Germany unified, NATO expansion began, and Russia got left on the periphery of the new Europe. Chapters cover changes in the Summer and Autumn of 1989, including the stepping back of Americans and rise in East German's confidence; the restoration of the rights of the Four Powers, including the night of November 9 and the Portugalov Push; heroic aspirations in 1990, including the emerging controversy over reparations and NATO; security, political and economic solutions; the securing of building permits, including money and NATO reform; and the legacy of 1989 and 1990. This updated edition contains a new afterword with the most recent evidence on the 1990 origins of NATO's post-Cold War expansion.Less
This book explores the momentous events following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the effects they have had on the world ever since. Based on documents, interviews, and television broadcasts from Washington, London, Paris, Bonn, Berlin, Warsaw, Moscow, and a dozen other locations, the book describes how Germany unified, NATO expansion began, and Russia got left on the periphery of the new Europe. Chapters cover changes in the Summer and Autumn of 1989, including the stepping back of Americans and rise in East German's confidence; the restoration of the rights of the Four Powers, including the night of November 9 and the Portugalov Push; heroic aspirations in 1990, including the emerging controversy over reparations and NATO; security, political and economic solutions; the securing of building permits, including money and NATO reform; and the legacy of 1989 and 1990. This updated edition contains a new afterword with the most recent evidence on the 1990 origins of NATO's post-Cold War expansion.
Gregory Fox
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198702375
- eISBN:
- 9780191772139
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198702375.003.0014
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law, Comparative Law
Direct comparisons between Eritrea and CIS self-determination claims are made difficult by Eritrea’s status as both a colony and a territory whose disposition was controlled by a peace treaty among ...
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Direct comparisons between Eritrea and CIS self-determination claims are made difficult by Eritrea’s status as both a colony and a territory whose disposition was controlled by a peace treaty among the major powers—none of the CIS territories share these crucial characteristics, which in various formulations form the basis for two of the three Eritrean claims. The Eritrean case does provide useful guidance, however, on the effect of time on claims of self-determination. It may stand as a clear example of the ex injuria jus non-oritur maxim. Despite almost 30 years of effective control by Ethiopia accompanied by acquiescence by the international community, one may argue that Eritrea’s self-determination rights were not extinguished. The response to this argument is that Eritrea did not achieve independence in 1993 pursuant to a legal entitlement but rather a military victory followed by Ethiopia granting permission to secede.Less
Direct comparisons between Eritrea and CIS self-determination claims are made difficult by Eritrea’s status as both a colony and a territory whose disposition was controlled by a peace treaty among the major powers—none of the CIS territories share these crucial characteristics, which in various formulations form the basis for two of the three Eritrean claims. The Eritrean case does provide useful guidance, however, on the effect of time on claims of self-determination. It may stand as a clear example of the ex injuria jus non-oritur maxim. Despite almost 30 years of effective control by Ethiopia accompanied by acquiescence by the international community, one may argue that Eritrea’s self-determination rights were not extinguished. The response to this argument is that Eritrea did not achieve independence in 1993 pursuant to a legal entitlement but rather a military victory followed by Ethiopia granting permission to secede.
