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In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis Germany emerged as Europe´s most influential nation state. This book aims to provide a comparative assessment of how this is reflected in the country´s 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.

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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.

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