The 21st century is two decades old now, and the outlines of a new world (dis)order are becoming increasingly clear: the ascent of China; the shift of the geopolitical axis towards the Pacific; an increasingly confused world power, the USA, backsliding into nationalism; a frustrated nuclear power, Russia; a stagnating Europe …
Since the US stepped back from its role as global peacekeeping power after 1989, a dangerous new rivalry has emerged between the nuclear world powers, which could escalate at any time: Korea, Hong Kong, Kashmir, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Ukraine. A new arms race. Trade and technology crises. In this context, the transformation of Europe into a sovereign geopolitical power has become a decisive question for the future, which cannot be solved without a confident contribution from, and the national economic resources of, Germany and France. Do German politicians see the writing on the wall?
