Word: neutral
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...policymakers are convinced that the Soviets will eventually come to regard German membership in NATO as the best way to guarantee a stable and secure Europe. As yet, however, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has continued to hold out for either a neutral Germany or one belonging to both security alliances. Bush's grave concern is that the Soviets may promote unacceptable conditions. They might call for German unification without NATO membership or membership in NATO but modified to forbid the placement of any NATO nuclear weapons on German soil. The latter proposal could become a hot issue in the West...
...Germany stay an independent state, outside of any military or political alliance? What is so bad about having a neutral state in the heart of Europe with a status that would be acceptable to all in East and West? There are also some unexpected options to think about: for example, a new united Germany with responsibilities to both NATO and the Warsaw Pact. There are possibilities for discussion here...
President Bok said he hoped to convince both parties to agree to a cease-fire until talks could be held in the neutral territory of Boylston Hall. But because none of the scientists could find the building, the fighting continued...
Ironically, it is not clear what might constitute neutrality in a Europe from which hostile blocs have vanished. For the first time in modern history every country in Western Europe is led by a democratic government and every state in Central Europe is on the road to it. As Social Democratic Party (SPD) planner Egon Bahr has asked, Who is there to be neutral against...
...willing to put myself at the mercy of West Germany so readily. As to our political future, I see a collection, a federation of autonomous Lander ((states)), each of which has its own historical identity -- related to one another like members of a family, and eventually neutral and unarmed. A centralized German state has always produced tendencies to suppress cultural diversity...