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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Szatkowski, Tim

Titel

Bedingungslose Unterstützung für Gaddafi? Die Wirtschaftsbeziehungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zu Libyen am Ende der sozial-liberalen Koalition (1980–1982)

Ist Teil von

• Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 2013-01, Vol.100 (4), p.432-458

Ort / Verlag

Franz Steiner Verlag

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

Biblioscout - Franz Steiner Verlag Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• At the beginning of the 1980s Libya became the most important economic partner of the Federal Republic of Germany in Africa. This development requires explanation because the Arabian state under the leadership of Muammar al-Gaddafi supported international terrorism, threatened safety in North Africa and disregarded human rights. Using select examples, this essay examines the economic relationship between the two states and shows why the Federal Government promoted such a development. Among other things, it was important to the government Schmidt/Genscher, due to the East/West conflict which intensified since the end of the 1970s, to prevent a tight relationship between Libya and the USSR. Furthermore, motives concerning energy security and employment politics played an important role, just as security policy reasons.