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Editors’ Note: Input for a Strategy with Staying Power
+49security is wrapping up. While the German government is busy making final tweaks to the country’s upcoming national security strategy, we take stock – and look back on a project that aimed to stimulate strategic thinking around Germany’s security policy post-Zeitenwende.
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Global Health Security Is National Security
Recent pandemics have highlighted shortcomings in governance and policymaking around health crises. To better protect its national security, Germany needs to make health security a greater priority.
![49security Loeffelmann Zeitenwende](https://fourninesecurity.de/media/_mid/49security_Loeffelmann_Zeitenwende.jpg)
Germany’s Zeitenwende: Wind of Change or Hot Air?
The Zeitenwende has revealed many shortcomings in Germany’s armed forces. Why Berlin should move past intellectual passivity and financial constraints to reposition Germany as the security powerhouse of Europe.
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“The Ukraine War Has Clearly Changed the Very Notion of Energy Security”
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has altered the geopolitics of energy. Going forward, energy security will be determined by how swiftly states manage to shift to a low-carbon economy.
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Climate Politics and the New Cold War
In the looming ‘new Cold War’, climate and security concerns cannot be separated. As Germany reconfigures its security policy, how can it minimize the effects of great-power competition on a deteriorating climate?
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Shock-Proofing Global Food Systems: A Pathway to Peace, Security and Prosperity
Efforts to enhance global food security are a remedy to several causes of global insecurity at once. Germany should invest in agricultural innovations that benefit small-scale farmers, starting with better support for neglected crops.