Notes on the Contributors - An Introduction; B. Heurlin - PART 1: GERMANY'S POSITION AND ROLE - German Nation and German Identity. Continuity and Change From the 1770s to the 1990s; R. MYnch - The International Position and the National Interest of Germany in the Nineties; B. Heurlin - Germany as a World Power and as a European Power; E. Krippendorf - PART 2: GERMANY'S POLICY - Gulliver in the Center of Europe. International Involvement and National Capabilities for Action; H. Haftendorn - Will Germany Assume a Leadership Role in the European Union?; M. Kreile - German Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics; R. Morgan - PART 3: POLICY TOWARDS GERMANY - The Impact of German Unification on German-American Relations: Alliance Estrangement or Partnership?; L. Gardner Feldman - Russia and Germany from Enemy to Partner? A Contradictary Relationship; V. Zhurkin - The United Kingdom and Germany; C. Hill - France and Germany; Y. Boyer - PART 4: PROSPECTS - No Threats No Temptations: German Grand Strategy After the Cold War; J. Joffe - Index. Language: English