Der Westen sind jetzt wir

For many years, German foreign policy rested on an unspoken assumption: the US provides our security, China our export revenues, Russia our energy. In an age of uncertainty, that equation no longer holds. Germany must finally step up in the concert of international powers and confidently champion Western values in the new world order.

Jörg Lau, foreign policy editor at ZEIT, argues in this political non-fiction book what a new, bolder and more realistic foreign policy should look like - one that protects freedom, secures prosperity and keeps the peace. He follows the key figures of world politics on their travels, appointments and summits, offers insight into how decisions are made, and analyses the guiding principles of German foreign policy. His book is a long-overdue blueprint for a different foreign policy in a fractured 21st century.

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