Chapter 17: Zeitenwende Without Strength? Strategic Mirror Axes of Vital German Security Interests: Eastern Flank and East Asia
Journal: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG eBooks
Year: 2023

In 2023, the German government must succeed in balancing the National Security Strategy (NSS) adopted in the coalition agreement for the remainder of the legislative period on the one hand, the strategy needed on a daily basis to counter Russia's war of aggression on the other, and the simultaneous rebalancing vis--vis Xi Jinping's China. This chapter offers key guidance so that Germany's pending strategic mindset shift can be initiated. Derived from this, the chapter makes novel practical sugge