The call for more German responsibility is presently the main topic of the discussion on Germany’s role in the world. With their speeches held at the Security Conference in Munich in early 2014, German Federal President Joachim Gauck, Minister of Defence, Ursula von der Leyen, and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier opened up a debate on how this responsibility is to be shaped in concrete terms, and which consequences will result from this for Germany’s foreign and security policy.
Numerous conflicts challenge today’s world order. Whether it be in Ukraine, in Syria, or in Iraq: Global warfare shows worryingly that wars accelerate, …read more