Tysk forsvars- og sikkerhetspolitikk etter murens fall: Mellom fortidens minner og sikkerhetspolitisk integrasjon i et nytt Europa
In: Internasjonal politikk, Band 67, Heft 2, S. 273-289
ISSN: 0020-577X
Between the Second World War and the fall of the Berlin Wall Germany showed great aversion towards using military force for other purposes than territorial defense and held a multilateral balance between France and the United States with their respective ambitions EU and NATO. After the Wall fell, the German security policy started to change and German politicians increasingly argued for military use as a legitimate instrument in international politics. Among the driving forces for this process has been the change in European strategic culture as Europe is looking towards an integrated foreign and security policy, which may even go against German interest. L. Pitkaniemi