No. 14: German Defense Policy

Continuity and Change

Author(s): Victor Mauer
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 14
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

Since the end of the Cold War, few European armed forces have been subject to greater reform pressure than Germany's Bundeswehr. While Germany has increasingly participated in international stabilization missions since the mid-1990s, deficits remain in the areas of strategic deployability, global reconnaissance, and interoperable command and control systems and assets. The skepticism towards Bundeswehr missions abroad, due to historical reasons, continues to play an important role in shaping domestic opinions on German defense policy.

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