Germany's Uncertain Power: Foreign Policy of the Berlin Republic (New Perspectives in German Political Studies)

This comprehensive, in-depth assessment of the German foreign policy record under the Red-Green government of Gerhard Schröder and Joschka Fischer from 1998 to 2005, produced by a team of German and international experts, explores the idea of continuity and the sources, depths and directions of German foreign policy. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Introduction....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 The Polity of German Foreign Policy: Changes since Unification....Pages 15-28 Adapting to Europe? German Foreign Policy, Domestic Constraints, and the Limitations of Europeanization since Unification....Pages 29-46 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Germany and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction....Pages 49-65 Civilian Power under Stress: Germany, NATO, and the European Security and Defense Policy....Pages 66-78 Normalization in Security Policy? Deployments of Bundeswehr Forces Abroad in the Era Schröder, 1998–2004....Pages 79-92 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 Germany’s New European Policy: Weaker, Leaner, Meaner....Pages 95-108 The Franco-German Relationship, 1998–2005....Pages 109-121 Parting Ways: The German-American Relationship after Iraq....Pages 122-136 The Transatlantic Relationship: A View from Germany....Pages 137-151 Pan-European Stability: Still a Key Task?....Pages 152-165 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 German Energy and Security Policy: Technical versus Political Modes of Intervention....Pages 169-184 German Trade Policy: The Decline of Liberal Leadership....Pages 185-198 Germany and the International Financial Order....Pages 199-213 Germany’s International Environmental Policy....Pages 214-230 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 Germany’s Development Policy since 1998....Pages 233-246 Business As Usual: Red-Green Policies toward Pacific Asia....Pages 247-259 Germany and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict....Pages 260-272 Conclusion: Uncertain Power—German Foreign Policy into the Twenty-First Century....Pages 273-286 Back Matter....Pages 287-296 This comprehensive, in-depth assessment of the German foreign policy record under the Red-Green government of Gerhard Schroder and Joschka Fischer from 1998 to 2005, produced by a team of German and international experts, explores the idea of continuity and the sources, depths and directions of German foreign policy. 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 Schroder 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 This comprehensive, in-depth assessment of the German foreign policy record under the Red-Green government of Gerhard Schroeder and Joschka Fischer from 1998 to 2005, produced by a team of German and international experts, explores the idea of continuity and the sources, depths and directions of German foreign policy.