The recent decision of the German government to abstain from the Security Council vote on resolution 1973 mandating the international intervention in Libya sparked quite some controversy regarding the strategic priorities of Germany’s foreign and security policy. Germany faced considerable difficulties in justifying its decision not to side with its usual transatlantic and European allies and in dispelling doubts about its predictability and reliability in security matters.
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Junk, J., & Daase, C. (2013). Germany. In Strategic Cultures in Europe: Security and Defence Policies Across the Continent (pp. 139–152). Springer Fachmedien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01168-0_11
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