Germany and America in the Twenty-first Century

Two events have fundamentally altered the trajectory of the post-war German–American relationship into the twenty-first century: the American response to the existential challenge posed to open societies by those aligned with the purposes and methods of al-Qaeda and the Taliban; and the destabilisation of the global economy initiated with the collapse of the international financial system in 2008 conjoined to the largely uncoordinated national policy responses to the ensuing global recession that bears realistic comparison with the twentieth century's Great Depression. Both episodes illustrate Germany's relative decline as a key partner on many issues at the top of the American foreign policy agenda and may be traced to the changed strategic context of the transatlantic area, the rising strategic and economic importance of China for the United States, and Germany's continuing inability and unwillingness to assume a proportionately robust and responsible role towards meeting the challenges posed by growing global disorder

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• Clashing Traditions

  Open Access•Jamie Gaskarth, Kai Oppermann•International Studies Perspectives•2019

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