German foreign policy towards the Middle East in the 1990s and beyond
In: Orient: deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur des Orients = German journal for politics, economics and culture of the Middle East, Band 45, Heft 3, S. 401-422
ISSN: 0030-5227
After Germany gained full sovereignty as a result of the end of the East-West Conflict, a debate emerged whether Germany would maintain its post-war tradition of a self-restrained "civilian power" in international relations or whether the Berlin Republic would rather pursue the aims of a "regular" European power