Germany and the Kosovo war

Still a Civilian Power

Bibliographic Data

ID6262008
AuthorsAdrian Hyde-Price, Adrian Hyde‐price (corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume10
Issue1
Pages19-34
Publication date2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGerman Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644000412331307374
OpenAlexW2115113304
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This article assesses the motives, significance and implications of Germany's participation in the 1999 Kosovo War. This was all the more remarkable, because it took place under a Red–Green government and was not legitimised by a UN mandate. Events in Kosovo forced the new government to choose between two foreign policy articles of faith of the German Left: ‘nie wieder Krieg’ (‘never again war’) and ‘nie wieder Auschwitz’ (‘never again Auschwitz’). The government tried to ease this dilemma by flanking its participation in the war with intensive efforts to secure a negotiated settlement of the crisis involving Russia. Despite its participation in the war, Germany remains a ‘civilian power’, as it is committed to deploying military force strictly multilaterally. Kosovo shows that it has become a normal ‘civilian power’, comparable to other mature democracies in the Euro-Atlantic community

Dilemma · Economic history · Economics · Faith · German · Government (linguistics · Mandate · Military government · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · History · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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