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Germany, the “Zeitenwende” and the Future of NATO

Date de publication
31 August 2022
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NATO has adopted a new strategic concept, which should provide guidance for the next ten years. But the Russian aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has changed everything.
Detlef PUHL
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A “New Era”? Toward a Realignment of German Foreign Policy after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

Date de publication
07 March 2022
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s speech to the Bundestag on February 27, 2022, announced a new orientation in foreign policy and challenged the principles that had been the consensus in Germany for the past thirty years.

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Circumstantial Pacifism: Political Parties and the Participation of the Bundeswehr in Foreign Operations

Date de publication
14 April 2021
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In Germany's parliamentary democracy, political parties play an important role in mandating Bundeswehr missions abroad and in overseeing their deployment. The political debate on these deployments is polarized between opponents, who are called “pacifists”, and supporters, who are called “militarists”.

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Collective Collapse or Resilience? European Defense Priorities in the Pandemic Era

Date de publication
23 February 2021
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To what extent has the COVID-19 pandemic affected defense priorities across Europe?

Corentin BRUSTLEIN Félix ARTEAGA Rob DE WIJK Yvonni EFSTATHIOU Claudia MAJOR Alessandro MARRONE Christian MÖLLING Alice PANNIER Magnus PETERSSON Charly SALONIUS-PASTERNAK Marcin TERLIKOWSKI Peter WATKINS

Europe in the World: for a Modest and Effective Reform

Date de publication
16 December 2020
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This sad year ends with a pandemic that continues in full swing over a large part of the planet, especially in the United States and Europe, with no other reassuring prospect than that of one or more vaccines, which is already a lot. But that’s not the subject I want to focus on in this eighth letter, the last one for 2020. Internationally, two other facts have dominated the scene in recent months.

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A Vibrant and Flexible Alliance

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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NATO has proved its renewed usefulness and is today fully engaged, well beyond its former frontiers, wherever its interests and those of its members are threatened.

George ROBERTSON, LORD ROBERTSON of PORT ELLEN
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NATO: From Washington (1949) to Strasbourg/Kehl (2009)

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The Alliance cannot avoid a strategic debate about its role, missions and resources. This may be painful, but it will ensure clarity and prepare the Alliance for future challenges.

Karl-Heinz KAMP
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Towards a Security Web

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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There is no global mechanism that can guarantee security effectively in the face of the growing threat of political chaos, stemming from the recent political awakening of humanity. There is no global mechanism that can guarantee security effectively in the face of the growing threat of political chaos, stemming from the recent political awakening of humanity.

Zbigniew BRZEZINSKI
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The Global NATO Debate

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The ultimate direction taken by the Alliance – be it a ‘return to home base,’ a ‘global expansion’ or the pursuit of ‘global missions’ – will be heavily influenced by perceptions of what happens in Afghanistan over the next two years.

Michael CLARKE
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Considerations on NATO’s Future Direction

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The question of how the Alliance can best meet the common security problems of its member states should determine the revision of the Strategic Concept and analysis of the future of NATO in general.

Christopher S. CHIVVIS
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The Global NATO Debate

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The ultimate direction taken by the Alliance – be it a ‘return to home base,’ a ‘global expansion’ or the pursuit of ‘global missions’ – will be heavily influenced by perceptions of what happens in Afghanistan over the next two years.

Michael CLARKE
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France’s “Return” to NATO: An Inopportune Decision

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The French decision to re-enter NATO’s integrated military structure is merely the confirmation of a series of shifts that started a long time ago. But it is no less questionable a decision. It is a symbolic decision that affects France’s image internationally. It by no means guarantees that the Alliance will evolve in a way that corresponds to France’s national interests; nor does it shed light on France’s ambiguous future. It does, however, in a very real way, risk diminishing France’s will to defend itself.

Jean-Pierre CHEVENEMENT
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NATO: A View from Central Europe

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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Poland is not just concerned with the usefulness of the Alliance, but also with what can be done to make it more effective, and to maintain its relevance and good health in the decades ahead.

Bogdan KLICH
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A Vibrant and Flexible Alliance

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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NATO has proved its renewed usefulness and is today fully engaged, well beyond its former frontiers, wherever its interests and those of its members are threatened.

George ROBERTSON, LORD ROBERTSON of PORT ELLEN
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Reforming NATO’s Institutions: Pressing Need, Enduring Obstacles, New Opportunities

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The lessons learned from its engagement in Afghanistan, a desire to transform itself, and its current financial problems are all factors pointing to the need to reform the Alliance. Formulating a new Strategic Concept will allow institutional reform to be associated with a new sense of purpose.

Diego A. RUIZ PALMER
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NATO and Russia Viewed from Moscow

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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A new window of opportunity seems to be opening up for NATO and Russia, to re-think their relationship and how to institutionalize it through binding agreements and a permanent decision-making mechanism.

Sergey ROGOV
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Towards a Security Web

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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There is no global mechanism that can guarantee security effectively in the face of the growing threat of political chaos, stemming from the recent political awakening of humanity. There is no global mechanism that can guarantee security effectively in the face of the growing threat of political chaos, stemming from the recent political awakening of humanity.

Zbigniew BRZEZINSKI
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Considerations on NATO’s Future Direction

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The question of how the Alliance can best meet the common security problems of its member states should determine the revision of the Strategic Concept and analysis of the future of NATO in general.

Christopher S. CHIVVIS
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NATO and Nuclear Weapons

Date de publication
01 December 2009
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The changes in the way that NATO operates raise the question of whether the nuclear weapons stationed in Europe would, in a time of crisis, be an instrument of solidarity, or lead instead to divisiveness.

Ian ANTHONY
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France and NATO: An History

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Relations between France and NATO have been through ups and downs. France was a founding member of the Alliance, then a protestor within the system, before moving to the margins of the Alliance – and finally returning home.

Maurice VAÏSSE

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