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German's 21st Century Strategy

July 9, 2011

Dieter Dettke, a Transatlantic Fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a Current Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson Center

During the 20th century German militarism was at the heart of two devastating world wars and untold human suffering. Today, the Germany of the 21st century presents a dramatically different face to the world. With a foreign policy that emphasizes multilateralism and a philosophy based on its civilian identity, Germany is assuming a leading role among the world's conciliatory powers. Dieter Dettke explains both cause and effect.

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Dieter Dettke

Dieter Dettke

Title VIII Summer Research Scholar;
Adjunct Graduate Professor, Security Studies Program and the BMW center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University.
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Global Europe Program

The Global Europe Program addresses vital issues affecting the European continent, US-European relations, and Europe’s ties with the rest of the world. We investigate European approaches to critical global issues: digital transformation, climate, migration, global governance. We also examine Europe’s relations with Russia and Eurasia, China and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our program activities cover a wide range of topics, from the role of NATO, the European Union and the OSCE to European energy security, trade disputes, challenges to democracy, and counter-terrorism. The Global Europe Program’s staff, scholars-in-residence, and Global Fellows participate in seminars, policy study groups, and international conferences to provide analytical recommendations to policy makers and the media.  Read more