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Falling into line? Kosovo and the course of German foreign policy
Ist Teil von
International affairs (London), 2009-05, Vol.85 (3), p.561-573
Ort / Verlag
Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Wiley-Blackwell Journals
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Germany's role in Operation Allied Force has been described as a watershed in its foreign policy. It remains perhaps the pinnacle of Germany's security and defence policy transition after the Cold War. Germany's participation in Operation Allied Force was the first aggressive use of force by the Bundeswehr since the Second World War and, remarkably, was undertaken without a United Nations Security Council mandate. The deployment of German forces in 1999 suggested that German reluctance to burden-share in crisis management alongside NATO allies had been overcome. Yet Germany remains a cautious actor when it comes to the deployment of offensive military force. In this regard, Germany has maintained a considerable degree of continuity in its foreign and security policy after unification, a theme which this article will outline.