Editing Hallstein Doctrine (section)

== Novel approach ==
In 2016, Torben Gülstorff gave a new interpretation of the Hallstein doctrine.<ref name=":0">{{Cite thesis|url=http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/dissertationen/guelstorff-torben-2012-12-13/PDF/guelstorff.pdf|title=Trade follows Hallstein? Deutsche Aktivitäten im zentralafrikanischen Raum des 'Second Scramble'.|last=Gülstorff|first=Torben|publisher=Humboldt Universität|year=2016|location=Berlin|doi=10.18452/17628 |type=doctoralThesis }}</ref> According to him, the doctrine's impact on the West and the East German foreign policy was only marginal, more myth than reality.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Gülstorff|first=Torben|date=2018|title=Die Hallstein-Doktrin – Abschied von einem Mythos.|url=http://www.bpb.de/253953|journal=Deutschland Archiv|volume=2017|pages=177–190}}</ref> During the entire Cold War, national economic and international geostrategic interests dominated German foreign affairs – on both sides of the wall.<ref>Gülstorff, Torben (2017). [http://europe.columbia.edu/files/2018/02/Bekes-Kalmar-STUDENTS-ON-THE-COLD-WAR-Dec-2017.pdf "Between Economic Interests and Cold War Motives: German Activities in the Central African Region During the Second Scramble for Africa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620190856/http://europe.columbia.edu/files/2018/02/Bekes-Kalmar-STUDENTS-ON-THE-COLD-WAR-Dec-2017.pdf |date=2018-06-20 }} in Békés, Csaba, Melinda Kamár (eds.). ''Students on the Cold War. New Findings and Interpretations''. Budapest: Cold War History Research Center, 212–234.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://roape.net/2018/08/01/on-both-sides-of-the-berlin-wall-africa-and-the-two-germanies/|title=On Both Sides of the Berlin Wall: Africa and the Two Germanies.|last=Gülstorff|first=Torben|date=1 August 2018|website=Review of African Political Economy Online Blog}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Gülstorff|first=Torben|date=2017|title=Klassenkampf um neue Märkte: Das verkannte ökonomische Primat ostdeutscher Außenpolitik am Beispiel Zentralafrikas.|journal=Zeitschrift des Forschungsverbundes SED-Staat|volume=41|pages=103–114}}</ref>