West German Ostpolitik, the Soviet Union, and East-West Détente in Europe

Michael Borchard is Head of the Department of Scientific Services and Archive for Christian Democratic Politics at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

Stefan Karner is Director of the Institute for Economic, Social and Business History at the University of Graz.

Hanns Jürgen Küsters is Professor of political science and contemporary history at the University of Bonn.

Peter Ruggenthaler is Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War.