In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis Germany became Europes most influential nation state. This book aims to provide a comparative assessment of how this is reflected in the countrys bilateral security relationships with key global and regional partners. Prepared by an international team of scholars, it offers unique, in-depth perspectives on the ways these evolving interactions affect the prospects for addressing recent and emerging security challenges.

Prof. Dr. Sven Bernhard Gareis is Professor of Political Science at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. Prof. Dr. Matthew Rhodes is Area Studies Chair at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.