<span>This book contributes to the debate about a new German power in Europe with an analysis of Germany’s role in European Russia policy. It provides an up-to-date account of Germany’s “Ostpolitik” and how Germany has influenced EU-Russia relations since the Eastern enlargement in 2004 - partly alo
Germany's Uncertain Power (New Perspectives in German Studies)
✍ Scribed by Hanns W. Maull
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 313
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
After Berlin's refusal to back Washington in its policy in Iraq in 2003, German foreign policy has again become the subject of debate. How has German foreign policy changed in recent years? Where is German foreign policy headed now? This volume provides answers to those questions, based on careful analysis of recent developments in a range of key policy areas by an authoritative group of German and international scholars.
✦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figure......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 9
List of Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
Part I: Domestic and European Sources of German Foreign Policy......Page 30
1 The Polity of German Foreign Policy: Changes since Unification......Page 32
2 Adapting to Europe? German Foreign Policy, Domestic Constraints, and the Limitations of Europeanization since Unification......Page 46
Part II: Security Policy Issues: Between NATO and the European Union......Page 64
3 Germany and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction......Page 66
4 Civilian Power under Stress: Germany, NATO, and the European Security and Defense Policy......Page 83
5 Normalization in Security Policy? Deployments of Bundeswehr Forces Abroad in the Era Schröder, 1998–2004......Page 96
Part III: Bilateralism and Multilateralism: European and Transatlantic Dimensions......Page 110
6 Germany’s New European Policy: Weaker, Leaner, Meaner......Page 112
7 The Franco–German Relationship, 1998–2005......Page 126
8 Parting Ways: The German–American Relationship after Iraq......Page 139
9 The Transatlantic Relationship: A View from Germany......Page 154
10 Pan-European Stability: Still a Key Task?......Page 169
Part IV: Foreign Economic Policies......Page 184
11 German Energy and Security Policy: Technical versus Political Modes of Intervention......Page 186
12 German Trade Policy: The Decline of Liberal Leadership......Page 202
13 Germany and the International Financial Order......Page 216
14 Germany’s International Environmental Policy......Page 231
Part V: The Outer Circle of German Foreign Policy......Page 248
15 Germany’s Development Policy since 1998......Page 250
16 Business As Usual: Red–Green Policies toward Pacific Asia......Page 264
17 Germany and the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict......Page 277
Conclusion: Uncertain Power—German Foreign Policy into the Twenty-First Century......Page 290
B......Page 304
D......Page 305
F......Page 306
G......Page 307
H......Page 308
L......Page 309
O......Page 310
R......Page 311
T......Page 312
Z......Page 313
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