An intricate web : Ostpolitik, the European security system and German unification / Oliver Bange -- Peaceful change of frontiers as a crucial element in the West German strategy of transformation / Gottfried Niedhart -- France and the German question in the context of Ostpolitik and CSCE, 1969-1974 / Marie-Pierre Rey -- Transformation or status quo : the conflict of stratagems in Washington over the meaning and purpose of CSCE and MBFR, 1969-1973 / Stephan Kieninger -- Britain, the German question and the transformation of Europe : from Ostpolitik to the Helsinki Conference, 1963-1975 / Luca Ratti -- Finlandisation in reverse : the CSCE and the rise and fall of economic détente, 1968-1975 / Juhana Aunesluoma -- The Warsaw Pact, the German question and the birth of the CSCE process, 1961-1970 / Csaba Békés -- Romania, Ostpolitik and CSCE, 1967-1975 / Mihail E. Ionescu -- Preserving the status quo or promoting change : the role of the CSCE in the perception of the Polish authorities / Wanda Jarząbek -- Bulgaria, Balkan diplomacy and the road to Helsinki / Kostadin Grozev and Jordan Baev -- Unintended consequences : Soviet interests, expectations and reactions to the Helsinki Final Act / Svetlana Savranskaya.