What is wrong with German foreign policy?

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Series Details May 2014
Publication Date 06/05/2014
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Germany has become Europe’s unquestioned leader on economic policy-making. In foreign and security policy, Britain and France have generally set the EU agenda. The Ukraine crisis, however, may allow Germany to lead in this field, too. Germany has a special relationship with Russia, geographical proximity to Ukraine and strong economic ties with both. Meanwhile France is busy with two wars in Africa, and Britain is constrained by its europhobic domestic debate, as well as its post-Afghanistan, post-Iraq fear of foreign entanglements.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.cer.org.uk/insights/what-wrong-german-foreign-policy
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ESO: Background information: The Ukraine crisis has highlighted the limitations of Germany’s ‘more active’ foreign policy approach http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-ukraine-crisis-has-highlighted-the-limitations-of-germanys-more-active-foreign-policy-approach/

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