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More than half a decade after unification it is appropriate to assess Germany’s changing role in the European security system. What has been the response of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD) to the new responsibilities placed on it by the ending of the east-west conflict and with it, of the ‘short’ twentieth century (Hobsbawm, 1994)? What is the wider significance for Europe of post-war Germany’s foreign and security policies? Bonn’s evolving security policy must be seen not only in the light of changes since 1990, but also in terms of Germany’s troubled history and its unique geopolitical situation.
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Hyde-Price, A. (1998). Germany’s Security Policy Dilemmas: NATO, the WEU and the OSCE. In: Larres, K. (eds) Germany since Unification. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26132-1_10
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