GERMANY'S NEW VISION

In: FP, Band 97, S. 140-157

Abstract

THERE IS NOW A NEW GERMAN QUESTION: HOW SHOULD THE WORLD REACT TO A GERMANY THAT IS UNITED, DEMOCRATIC, AND RESPONSIBLE, THAT IS NOT BENT ON AGGRESSION, BUT THAT REMAINS POWERFULLY INFLUENTIAL AND THAT HAS ITS OWN INTERESTS AND PURSUES THEM? THE NEW UNITED GERMANY IS UNLIKE ANY EARLIER GERMAN STATES, AND ITS ELECTORATE IS CONSERVATIVE IN THE DEEPEST SENSE OF THE WORD. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THE POLICIES OF THE NEW UNITED GERMANY AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEN AMERICA AND GERMANY. IT NOTES THAT SHAPING A EUROPE AND A WORLD THAT SUITS GERMANY AND ALL ITS NEIGHBORS AND ALLIES MAY PROVE TO BE THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF ALL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.