{"title":"Germany’s positioning in the triangular relations with Russia and the US: towards a (new) European security order?","authors":"Nele Marianne Ewers-Peters","doi":"10.1057/s41311-024-00620-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Growing great power competition, a changing security environment and the acclaimed de-institutionalisation of security policy in the twenty-first century demand adaptations in national security approaches and institutional settings. States have benefitted differently from the post-Cold War European security order. While Germany presents itself as a prime beneficiary from Europe’s multilateral structures, the US has sought to shift its focus away from Europe, and Russia’s foreign policy has become increasingly aggressive, eventually culminating in the return of war to Europe. Such developments lead to new transformations and fundamental re-arrangements of the present security order that require states to rethink their national foreign and security policies and relationships. This article examines the relations between Germany, Russia and the US using the analytical concept of triangular relations. Used as an analytical tool, the examination of the Germany–Russia–US triangular relationship helps to investigate and trace how we got to the contemporary European security order.</p>","PeriodicalId":46593,"journal":{"name":"International Politics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Politics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1057/s41311-024-00620-6","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Growing great power competition, a changing security environment and the acclaimed de-institutionalisation of security policy in the twenty-first century demand adaptations in national security approaches and institutional settings. States have benefitted differently from the post-Cold War European security order. While Germany presents itself as a prime beneficiary from Europe’s multilateral structures, the US has sought to shift its focus away from Europe, and Russia’s foreign policy has become increasingly aggressive, eventually culminating in the return of war to Europe. Such developments lead to new transformations and fundamental re-arrangements of the present security order that require states to rethink their national foreign and security policies and relationships. This article examines the relations between Germany, Russia and the US using the analytical concept of triangular relations. Used as an analytical tool, the examination of the Germany–Russia–US triangular relationship helps to investigate and trace how we got to the contemporary European security order.
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International Politics?is a leading peer reviewed journal dedicated to transnational issues and global problems. It subscribes to no political or methodological identity and welcomes any appropriate contributions designed to communicate findings and enhance dialogue.International Politics?defines itself as critical in character truly international in scope and totally engaged with the central issues facing the world today. Taking as its point of departure the simple but essential notion that no one approach has all the answers it aims to provide a global forum for a rapidly expanding community of scholars from across the range of academic disciplines.International Politics?aims to encourage debate controversy and reflection. Topics addressed within the journal include:Rethinking the Clash of CivilizationsMyths of WestphaliaHolocaust and ChinaLeo Strauss and the Cold WarJustin Rosenberg and Globalisation TheoryPutin and the WestThe USA Post-BushCan China Rise Peacefully Just WarsCuba Castro and AfterGramsci and IRIs America in Decline。