Détente, the Rebirth of Anti-communism, and the Rise of a Transatlantic ‘Neo-Conservative’ Network

The Case of the Cercle
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dc.contributor.authorGroßmann, Johannes
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T14:31:36Z
dc.date.available2025-01-31T14:31:36Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2025-01-28T11:12:01Z
dc.description.abstractThe so-called <i>Cercle</i>, <i>Cercle Pinay</i> or <i>Cercle Violet</i> emerged in the 1960s as an informal discussion group of senior politicians, publicists, businessmen and intelligence officers from France, Germany and other Western European countries. A secret meeting place for conservative elites, the <i>Cercle</i> was initially based on the transnational network of the French lawyer, political advisor and anti-communist activist Jean Violet. In the second half of the 1970s, in reaction to Détente, the <i>Cercle</i> turned into a transatlantic forum with close personal ties to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. The <i>Cercle</i> thus became both a catalyst and a typical example of a ‘neo-conservatism’ that combined classical conservative positions with neoliberal principles. What was ‘new’ about this ‘neo-conservatism’ was above all that it overcame the contradictions between different national currents of conservatism. Its representatives saw themselves as part of a transnational community and emphasized the global dimension of their political thought and action. Within this transatlantic conservative alliance, the fight against communism served as both a means of integration and an overarching goal. Nevertheless, the <i>Cercle</i> survived the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War. It has remained a transnational meeting place for conservative elites to this day, although its focus seems to have shifted from anti-communism to anti-terrorism.
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dc.description.sponsorshipLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München (1024)
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s42738-024-00118-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/3281
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.issn1479-4012
dc.relation.journalJournal of Transatlantic Studies
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dc.subject.fieldamericanstudies
dc.subject.fieldbritishstudies
dc.subject.fieldhistory
dc.subject.fieldpoliticalscience
dc.titleDétente, the Rebirth of Anti-communism, and the Rise of a Transatlantic ‘Neo-Conservative’ Network
dc.title.alternativeThe Case of the Cercle
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