Power and German Foreign Policy

What will German foreign policy look like in 2015? This book dares to speculate by making a provocative argument: what drives German foreign policy is its power position in Europe and on the international stage. By examining German manoeuvres in the Balkans, its role in European Monetary Union, and its leadership in curbing Europe’s proliferation of WMD technology, Crawford shows how German power is linked to its “embedded hegemony” in Europe and the changing state of its economy. Together these forces shape German foreign policy.

BEVERLY CRAWFORD teaches Political Economy at the University of California at Berkeley, USA, and is the Associate Director of UC Berkeley’s Institute of European Studies. She is the author of Economic Vulnerability in International Relations and editor and co-editor of numerous volumes and articles on Ethnic Conflict, European Integration, German politics, and Post-Communist Transition She has also written extensively on technology transfer strategy in Eastern Europe, Export Control regulation in the United States and Europe, and German politics and foreign policy. She has held Visiting Professorships at Bocconi University in Milan Italy, the Free University of Berlin, and the Technical University, Dresden.

Introduction: A Teutonic Shift? * Explaining Post-Wall Change in German Foreign Policy * Diplomacy and Military Policy in the Balkans: From Recalcitrant Partner to Cooperative Leader * Foreign Economic Policy in Europe: From Rule-Maker to Rule-Breaker in European Monetary Union * Security: Why Germany Built and Led Europe’s Export Control Regime * Conclusions and Prospects for the Future of German Foreign Policy * Appendix: Figures and Tables