dc.contributor.author | Jakobsen, Eskil | |
dc.contributor.author | Ålander, Minna | |
dc.contributor.author | Svendsen, Øyvind | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-04T08:33:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-04T08:33:47Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-04-26T15:14:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3082593 | |
dc.description.abstract | Days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a Zeitenwende, a historical turning point to which Germany would respond by reforming its foreign and security policies. In a speech in the Federal Parliament (Bundestag) on 27 February 2022, Chancellor Scholz listed five points for the reform agenda: supporting Ukraine (also militarily), sanctioning Russia, increased German contribution to NATO’s eastern flank, investment in more capable armed forces, and decoupling from Russian energy. The third point included a €100 billion special investment fund, so-called Sondervermögen, that would be used to boost Germany’s military capabilities and especially alleviate the most urgent material shortcomings of the armed forces. Given that Germany had been considered a laggard in European defence due to its restrictive approach on military capability – partly because of the historical legacy of guilt for World War II and partly a condition of Germany’s reunification after the Cold War – the announcement of a turning point raised expectations in Euro-Atlantic defence circles. | |
dc.description.abstract | Germany’s Zeitenwende in foreign and security policy: Domestic developments and alliance dynamics after one year | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | NUPI | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | NUPI Policy Brief;2022-06 | |
dc.relation.uri | https://www.nupi.no/publikasjoner/cristin-pub/germany-s-zeitenwende-in-foreign-and-security-policy-domestic-developments-and-alliance-dynamics-after-one-year | |
dc.rights | Navngivelse-Ikkekommersiell-DelPåSammeVilkår 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Germany’s Zeitenwende in foreign and security policy: Domestic developments and alliance dynamics after one year | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Germany’s Zeitenwende in foreign and security policy: Domestic developments and alliance dynamics after one year | en_US |
dc.type | Research report | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.source.pagenumber | 4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2143587 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |