Found another interesting (sorry folks, this time only in German) article from the German Institute forInternational and Security Affairs that dealt with Germany's position to the US. Peter Rudolf, the writer of this article called "Amerikapoltik", argues that Germany's relation to the US should be characterized by a mix of three stragies:
1. Germany should show unity whenever/whereever German coincide with American interests.
2. Germany should form a counterweight to the US whenever Germany's interests are "endangered". This counterweight should be achieved by using international institutions in order to limit American power and to deprive the US international actions of their legitimicay.
3. Germany should act upon a "conditioned cooperation", which is characterized by certain demands on the US
I argue that Rudolf does not come up with a complete new therory of how Germany/ Europe s hould take influence on the hegemonic power, the US, but he reminds us of our own, inferior position to the US and makes us aware of how we could improve our "ill" foreign relations...
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