Title: Strategic dilemmas and the evolution of German foreign policy since unification /
Authors: Lantis, Jeffrey S., 1966-
Publisher: Praeger,
Year: 2002
Subjects: International relations; National security Germany; Peacekeeping forces Germany.; Security, International; Germany Foreign relations; Germany Military policy.
Abstract: Annotation
Contents: 1. The evolution of German foreign policy ; A grand strategic opportunity ; Strategic dilemmas : from Kuwait to Kosovo, and beyond ; Theoretical foundations -- 2. The Persian Gulf crisis and checkbook diplomacy ; The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Shield ; Operation Desert Storm ; The Kurdish refugee crisis and Operation Provide Comfort -- 3. Peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations in Somalia ; Civil war and famine in the Horn of Africa ; "Mission creep" and the breakdown of UNOSOM II -- 4. Diplomacy and delay : responding to the civil war in the Former Yugoslavia, 1991-1994 ; The outbreak of civil war : recognition of Croatian and Slovenian independence ; Military monitoring of the embargo against Serbia and Montenegro ; AWACS patrols and Operation Deny Flight -- 5. Action and engagement : the Bosnia crisis, 1994-1999 ; An historic ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court ; Tornado deployment and air strikes in Bosnia ; The Rapid Reaction Force contingency ; The Dayton Peace Accord and IFOR troop deployment in the Balkans -- 6. Coercive diplomacy and the crisis in Kosovo ; The federal elections of 1998 ; The Kosovo crisis ; Operation Allied Force ; The ground troops controversy -- 7. German foreign policy for the twenty-first century ; Dilemmas and opportunities as catalysts for foreign policy ; Domestic constraints on foreign policy change ; New trends : domestic politics, economic integration, and the War on Terrorism.