Germany vows more contribution to global security
Germany has pledged to expand its role in maintaining global security by contributing more to joint missions with the European Union and NATO.
In a strategic outlook published Wednesday, Germany said it is ready to “help meet current and future security and humanitarian challenges” in the world.
The document, which has gained the approval of the German government and will be presented to the country’s Defense Ministry for implementation, said Germany, as “a globally highly connected country,” has a “responsibility to actively help shape the world order.”
The so-called White Paper, said Germany has a significant economic, political and military weight, but has its own vulnerability to threats.
It specified some of the threats, including the one posed by Russia, which it said, “is turning away from a close partnership with the West and emphasizing strategic rivalry.”
The document recommended that Germany’s policy vis-à-vis Russia should remain tough and it should contribute to NATO and the EU measures against Russia unless it changes course, adding that Moscow "will for the foreseeable future represent a challenge to security on our continent."
Since 2014, relations between Russia and the West, including Germany, have deteriorated over the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The two sides accuse each other of having a role in the chaos, imposing reciprocal restrictions on trade and military ties between each other.
The German roadmap said, however, that the “most immediate threat” for Germany would be terrorist attacks of the kind from which it has been spared so far, recommending that the military must be ready to respond to such threats inside the German borders.
Other challenges were also mentioned in the document, including the greater role being played by emerging powers in Asia and South America and the “arch of instability” that stretched through much of northern Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Cross-border issues like climate change and refugee flows were also listed among challenges.
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