Grand coalition, small ambition? Foreign and security policy of the new German government

In this article from 2013, Henning Riecke looks at the German coalition agreement between the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). A look at the coalition agreement and the foreign policy debates around the negotiations allows for some early assessments of coming trends: What is the nature of the government’s strategic consensus? How will the Grand Coalition put principle into action? What might the new government do to improve transatlantic relations?

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Henning Riecke

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2013, Henning, Riecke, Analysis, Germany, Duitsland, Foreign, Policy, Buitenlands, Beleid, Coaliton, Verbond, Verdragsorganisatie, CDU, SPD, Transatlantic, Trans, Atlantisch, Merkel, Angela,  

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