East West Relations A German View Author:Ernst Majonica Present day German foreign policy focuses on 3 major issues: (1969) German reunification, European integration, and a strong Atlantic alliance. Not until these goals are achieved can Germany - or the west - entertain hopes of achieving its long-range objectives: peace and freedom for all nations...The German question, long symbolic of the cold w... more »ar, will decide the ultimate success or failure of the current policy of detente between East and West.« less