Westpolitik
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Westpolitik
1965–70; < German: Western policy
Example Sentences
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Once his Westpolitik was launched, Brandt began a complex series of diplomatic maneuvers with the East.
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He has been the crucial partner in Brandt's policy of Ostpolitik, and has formed a more protective Westpolitik of his own, which seeks to preserve ideological conformity �especially in Eastern Europe�by providing more material benefits.
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Honecker has not yet given up on his notion of Westpolitik, however.
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