Germany's uncertain power
Subtitle: foreign policy of the Berlin Republic
By: edited by Hanns W. Maull.
Contributors: Maull, Hanns, 1947-
Series: New perspectives in German studies; New perspectives in German studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: National security -- Germany; Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1990-; Germany -- Foreign economic relations; Germany -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Germany; Germany -- Military policy
Description: The foreign policy of the Berlin Republic has begun to depart from its previous trajectory as a "civilian power", but to what extent and how it has changed is hotly debated. Is Germany in danger of becoming a problem for European stability? If so, how and why? This volume, prepared by a team of leading German and international experts, analyzes the foreign policy record of the Red-Green coalition government of Chancellor Gerhard Schṟder and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer to assess the extent of foreign policy continuity and the scope and direction of change. Using a common framework of analysis, the authors conclude that Germany has once more become an "uncertain power". Since about the mid-1990s, German power and influence in European and international relations have been diminishing, rather than growing - in part, because German foreign policy has become uncertain of its own purpose.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.