Review 2014 – A Fresh Look at German Foreign Policy
“Crisis, Order, Europe” – these keywords highlight the main challenges for German Foreign Policy in the medium term. The project “Review 2014 – A Fresh Look at German Foreign Policy”, initiated by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has open up a broad public debate about the aims, interests and perspectives of German foreign policy. This report details the discussions of the past year, the expectations with regard to Germany’s global role raised within Germany and abroad as well as the foreign policy challenges in the future.
“Crisis, Order, Europe” – these keywords highlight the main challenges for German Foreign Policy in the medium term. The project “Review 2014 – A Fresh Look at German Foreign Policy”, initiated by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has open up a broad public debate about the aims, interests and perspectives of German foreign policy. This report details the discussions of the past year, the expectations with regard to Germany’s global role raised within Germany and abroad as well as the foreign policy challenges in the future.
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
13<br />
“THE CURRENT CRISIS IN UKRAINE SHOWS JUST HOW IMPORTANT A<br />
EUROPE THAT SPOKE WITH A UNIFIED VOICE ON VITAL ISSUES WOULD<br />
BE. FUTURE HISTORIANS WILL LIKELY CONCLUDE THAT AN INTERIM<br />
PHASE ENDED IN <strong>2014</strong>.”<br />
Heinrich August Winkler · historian<br />
Signpost in the <strong>at</strong>rium of the Federal <strong>Foreign</strong> Office<br />
follow-up question “Are we doing it in the<br />
right way?” We want to orient our structures<br />
and processes more consistently towards the<br />
major challenges of crisis, order and Europe.<br />
We want to communic<strong>at</strong>e better, oper<strong>at</strong>e<br />
better, and better mobilise the resources th<strong>at</strong><br />
are available to us. We want to become better<br />
<strong>at</strong> networking, in <strong>German</strong>y and with the<br />
European External Action Service and other<br />
players in Brussels. I have spoken to my staff<br />
about this, and they have gener<strong>at</strong>ed some<br />
important suggestions together in many ideas<br />
workshops and discussion forums.<br />
The project “<strong>Review</strong> <strong>2014</strong> <strong>–</strong> A <strong>Fresh</strong> <strong>Look</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>” has been an unprecedented<br />
exercise in working out a new orient<strong>at</strong>ion in a<br />
dram<strong>at</strong>ically changing world. We do not want<br />
to lose the momentum th<strong>at</strong> we have g<strong>at</strong>hered.<br />
Th<strong>at</strong> is why in the coming weeks and months<br />
we will be launching a package of measures<br />
for concrete changes. Our conclusions from<br />
the “<strong>Review</strong> <strong>2014</strong>” process will not end there,<br />
though. Neither our critical dialogue with<br />
experts and the public nor our self-critical<br />
look <strong>at</strong> our own work will end with our<br />
conclusions. Both processes will be carried on<br />
continuously in the future in order to repe<strong>at</strong>-<br />
VIDEO<br />
<strong>Foreign</strong> Minister Steinmeier:<br />
<strong>Review</strong> <strong>2014</strong><br />
A FRESH LOOK AT FOREIGN POLICY<br />
edly readjust our work to global challenges<br />
and always think afresh about foreign policy<br />
so th<strong>at</strong> we can keep improving our foreign<br />
policy. •
Change language