Germany’s Civilian Power Diplomacy: NATO Expansion and the Art of Communicative Action

309 Pages·2006·2 MB·English

by  Chaya Arora (auth.)

Germany’s Civilian Power Diplomacy
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Germany’s Civilian
Power Diplomacy
NATO Expansion
and the Art of
Communicative Action
Chaya Arora
GERMANY’SCIVILIANPOWERDIPLOMACY
© Chaya Arora, 2006
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arora, Chaya.
Germany’s civilian power diplomacy : NATO expansion and the art
of communicative action / by Chaya Arora.
p. cm.
Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)—Universität
Frankfurt am Main.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Germany—Foreign relations—1990– 2. North Atlantic Treaty
Organization—Membership. 3. National security—Europe. 4. National
security—Germany. 5. Germany—Military policy. 6. Civil–military
relations. 7. Civil supremacy over the military. I. Title.
DD290.3.A77 2006
355(cid:2).031091821—dc22 2006041579
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I dedicate this book to my Mother and Father,
for all their love and support over the years
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C O N T E N T S
List of Abbreviations ix
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Part I Germany’s Academic Foreign
Policy Debate
Chapter 2 The Question of Germany’s
Normalizing Ambitions 21
Chapter 3 Germany—Still Not a Civilianizing Power 37
Part II German Diplomacy as
“Communicative Action”
Chapter 4 The Habermasian Practice of “Reasoning” 57
Chapter 5 The Smyser–Habermasian “Navigational Aid” 77
Part III Germany’s Influence on the U.S. Decision
to Enlarge NATO: The Process from 1993 to 1997
Chapter 6 Debate on NATO Enlargement, 1993 105
viii Contents
Chapter 7 The Holbrooke Factor, 1994 149
Chapter 8 Keeping the Process Afloat, 1995 173
Chapter 9 Winning Moscow’s Approval, 1996–97 179
Conclusion 199
Notes 233
Bibliography 267
Index 299
L I S T O F A B B R E V I A T I O N S
AA Auswärtige Amt
BMVg Bundesministerium der Verteidigung
CFE Conventional Forces in Europe
CFSP Common Foreign and Security Policy
CJTF Combined Joint Task Forces
COE Council of Europe
CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
DGAP German Council on Foreign Relations
ECE East Central Europe
EMU European Monetary Union
ESDP European Security and Defence Policy
EU European Union
FOTL Follow-on-to-Lance
G7/8 Group of Seven/Eight Industrial Countries
IFOR Implementation Force
IISS International Institute for Strategic Studies
IMF International Monetary Fund
IR International Relations
ISAF International Security Assistance Force
MoD Ministry of Defence
NAC North Atlantic Council
NACC North Atlantic Co-Operation Council
NSC National Security Council
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and
Development
OSCE Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe
PFP Partnership for Peace