The German question and German foreign policy : a conceptual introduction -- A usable past? : German-Czech and German-Polish relations before the Second World War -- An unsurmountable legacy? : invasion, occupation, expulsion and the Cold War -- German-Czech and German-Polish relations since the end of the Cold War : an overview -- Foreign policy and its domestic consumption : the German political parties and Ostpolitik -- Domestic constituencies and foreign audiences : the Landsmannschaften and their impact on German-Polish and German-Czech relations -- The role of the minority populations -- Ostpolitik : continuity and change -- Toward a common future?