Space and Defense
Abstract
The Zeitenwende, or turning point, announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, may end up leaving Germany with few good defense policy options.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Germany vowed to change course, to expand and modernize its military, which for decades has been weak relative to the size of Europe’s leading economy. As bold as Germany’s declarations have been, German leaders may well have walked into a blind alley, unsure of exactly how Zeitenwende will happen, what the final results will be, or the consequences if they never come close to achieving their promises of far more powerful national capabilities.
DOI
10.32873/uno.dc.sd.15.02.1273
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Hollen, Savannah
(2024)
"The German Zeitenwende: Turning Point or Blind Alley?,"
Space and Defense: Vol. 15:
No.
2, Article 24.
DOI: 10.32873/uno.dc.sd.15.02.1273
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https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefense/vol15/iss2/24
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