The Study of German Participation in Out- of-Area Military Operation in the Post-Cold War: The Example of Schroeder’s Coalition Participation in Kosovo Conflict

• Main Authors: Lin , Shu-en, 林淑恩
• Other Authors: Dr.Kuo, Chiu-ching
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/72986016592411796792

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 歐洲研究所 === 92 === Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, it comes to an era of globalization in the international politics. The issues of the international politics are focused on multilateral cooperation and “ low-politics”, namely the so-called “soft power”, such as economy, technology, human right and peacekeeping. On the account of the strong emphasis on peaceful foreign policy, Germany participates in military operations more actively in the post-Cold War. Nonetheless, there are more and more people suspicious of German non-military foreign policy, in particular taking part in Kosovo Conflict. Thus, it induces me to have more research interest in finding out the motivation of which Schroeder’s coalition government decided to participate in the military operation against Kosovo. After German reunification, German national power is getting stronger. In the meanwhile,the vital geographical location makes Germany have its own mission to keep the world peace, that is, to take part in the international peacekeeping operation. As a consequence, a lot of people wonder German hegemonic politics. As for my research goal is to find out the reasons of German participation in out-of-area military operation and the contradictions of between German non-military peaceful foreign policy and participation in the military operations. Basically, this thesis will be focused on the issue of German participation in Kosovo Conflict. And it will be written by the methodology of historical research and documental analysis.