Pacifism Thawing, Germany Looks for Bigger Role in Regional Security
02.19.2014 at 12:59am
Pacifism Thawing, Germany Looks for Bigger Role in Regional Security by John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes.
A new era of security burden-sharing could be on the horizon for a war-weary U.S., with France taking an aggressive lead in Africa and Germany showing a willingness to take a more assertive role in global security matters.
Recently, Germany has begun a cautious rethink of its policy that often amounts to military abstention – it refused to participate in the NATO mission against Libya’s former strongman, for instance, and has insisted on combat restrictions for its troops deployed to Afghanistan…
