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Are We Doing Enough? Change and Continuity in the German Approach to Crisis Management
Ist Teil von
German politics, 2016-10, Vol.25 (4), p.519-540
Ort / Verlag
Abingdon: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2016
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Beschreibungen/Notizen
In the two-and-a-half decades since unification Germany has developed a distinctive approach towards international crisis management. This approach accepts the need to engage in the full spectrum of military and civilian operations but maintains a clear preference for the latter. Consequently, the European Union with its profile as a civil-military actor in international security is the preferred framework for German contributions. The article analyses the development of the German approach during the governments of Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel in the light of three interlinked debates on German foreign policy: continuity and change; multilateralism; and leadership. The announcement of a more active German foreign policy in 2014 has reanimated these debates. Concentrating its efforts on networked security and capacity building Germany has become an indispensable player in international crisis management. At the same time Germany's deeply rooted attachment to a culture of military restraint and continued reluctance to lead, limit its ability to work for necessary reforms at the European level.