From Introduction: "Germany is economically the strongest country in Europe. As such, it is striving for leadership in the EU and keeps developing into a geo-economic power with global interests. The dynamism of the variety of international phenomena and processes forces Germany to modify or transform its previous security strategies and policies. The actions taken by the country’s authorities have resulted not only from their own interests and goals, but were the aftermath of the growing expectations of other external participants, which required greater financial, economic, political and military involvement in order to solve various crises and international conflicts."(...)