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German politician and foreign minister during the Weimar Republic. He promoted post-inflation stabilization and cooperative diplomacy. He is an important figure when considering the European order after World War I. It shows the possibilities and limits of cooperative diplomacy.
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Birth
Weimar Republic
Work
Locarno Treaties
1925
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Born in Berlin, he was active in the world of business and liberal politics. He held a national liberal stance from the imperial period, and was involved in republican politics after the defeat in the war.
As prime minister, he responded to the crisis, and as foreign minister, he promoted the Treaty of Locarno and membership in the League of Nations. He sought to restore Germany's international standing while avoiding confrontation.
Stresemann was not a simple pacifist and aimed to restore Germany's national interests through realistic cooperative diplomacy. After his death, Weimar politics became even more unstable.
Studying Stresemann reveals that in interwar Europe there was not only conflict, but also cooperation and attempts to rebuild the international order. You can get a three-dimensional view of German politics before the rise of the Nazis. The fragility of the postwar order may also be considered.
