1. German Defense Spending: A Repeat of the Past Instead of a New Era
- Author:
- Christian Mölling, Torben Schütz, and Sören Hellmonds
- Publication Date:
- 06-2023
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)
- Abstract:
- The historic aspiration of Germany’s Zeitenwende – the new era in its foreign and security policy – will fail without the proposed funding. The growing tension between its demands for the Bundeswehr and missing resources is already driving Germany back to the old and shortsighted approach of cutting and stretching budgets and fragile procurement plans. The country needs a security decade: a ten-year systematic spending effort that closes its substantial security gap. Without sustainable funding for military security and other existential government tasks, Germany will continue to pose a risk to itself and others.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, Budget, and Defense Spending
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Germany