Summary

Karl Kaiser and John Roper’s view of British and West German defense cooperation as a “quiet alliance” accurately described the nature of a bilateral relationship in security matters during the Cold War. The removal of these constraints in the 1990s prompted often diverging British and German responses to how new security “threats and challenges” could best be met. German unification presented an opportunity for Germany to develop a more active and independent foreign and security policy and to a certain degree this occurred, including efforts to create a Common Foreign and Security Policy, as well as to the continuation and enlargement of NATO. As a result of this evolution, by the end of the decade, British and German policies converged on key foreign policy questions of the time, such as NATO and EU enlargements. However, as the war on terror expanded after 9/11 and as Europe’s common voice diverged and ultimately failed, the EU became polarized, with Germany and the UK in opposing camps. Today, the notion of a Quiet Alliance no longer finds resonance in British-German relations in the field of defense and security policy. However, at the same time, there are new possibilities for German-British collaboration on the broad question of EU enlargement and neighborhood policy, a decisive area which may bring both sides into close collaboration with a range of new member states.

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Фонд Роберта Боша (Германия)

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