Goodbye Bismarck? The Foreign Policy of Contemporary Germany
Günther Hellmann
This essay examines the foreign policy discourse in contemporary Germany. In reviewing a growing body of publications by German academics and analysts, it identifies five schools thought based on different worldviews, assumptions about international politics, recommendations. These are then related to, first, actual preferences held policymakers public more generally and, second, to small set grand strategies that Germany could pursue future. It argues spectrum likely choices is narrow, with two most probable—the “Wider West” “Carolingian Europe”—continuing multilateral integrationist orientation old Federal Republic. findings contrasted diverging assessments non-German professional literature. Finally, sketches avenues for future research suggesting ways broadening study country-specific strategies, developing testing inclusive typologies abstract refining analytical tools examining discourses general.
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