Everything tagged with zeitenwende

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Article by Editorial Team
49security editorial final
24 Apr 2023

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.
Article by Georg Löfflmann
49security Loeffelmann Zeitenwende
30 Mar 2023

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.
Multi Contributor with Tobias Bunde, Ralf Südhoff, Amanda Pridmore, Jakob Hensing
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17 Mar 2023

Zeitenwende: What Has Been Missing From the Conversation?

Russia’s war against Ukraine has sparked an active public debate about German and European security policy. But not all issues have gotten the same air time.
Article by Andrea Rotter
Rotter 49security
08 Feb 2023

Kein Selbstläufer: Der notwendige Wandel Deutschlands strategischer Kultur

Deutschland muss mehr Strategie wagen. Für den geforderten Wandel der strategischen Kultur brauchen Politiker:innen jetzt Mut zur offenen Kommunikation und aktiven Gestaltung.
Article by Kori Schake
Kori Schake 2023 Strategy
31 Jan 2023

Dogfight Football: Germany and the Art of Strategy

Good strategy often means playing both offense and defense simultaneously. Ahead of its new national security strategy, Germany needs to get its head in the game.
Article by Jana Puglierin
Puglierin 2022 Sondernvermögen
25 Aug 2022

Arm for the Storm: Germany’s New Security Strategy

Germany’s National Security Strategy should aim for more than just a return to the status quo ante but with more money. The Zeitenwende is forcing Germany to reinvent itself as a European security actor.