Germany's uncertain power

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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.

subjects: Foreign economic relations,  National security,  Military policy,  Foreign relations,  Germany, foreign relations, 1990-,  National security, germany,  Germany, foreign economic relations,  European union countries, foreign relations,  Germany, military policy,  Foreign economic relations - europe,  Military policy - general & miscellaneous,  Germany - diplomatic relations,  Germany - politics & government,  Diplomatic relations,  International economic relations,  International relations,  Political science & theory,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Government,  International,  General,  Politics and Government,  Buitenlandse betrekkingen,  Economische betrekkingen,  Veiligheidspolitiek