Germany's Strategic Culture and the Use of Military Force in Russian Policy

Despite being the major economic power of europe, germany still lacks a strategic culture and is only slowly coming back as a grosmacht. German leaders have signalled that the country intends to undertake a leading role. The risk ranges from high end war to the more likely hybrid mode with russia choosing to escalate. After 25 years of peace dence in europe, state to state rivalry is back, and therefore also the risk of state to state war.