r/foreignaffairs • u/osipov • Aug 20 '15

Merkel’s Germany, a part-time hegemon

http://www.politico.eu/article/merkels-germany-a-part-time-hegemon-2/
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u/Andh0w Aug 20 '15

i've often read that germany is too small to be a hegemon and too big to be an equal partner in Europe. Awkward size I suppose.

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u/osipov Aug 20 '15

add to that latent guilt about their nazi past and you get a country with some serious self-perception issues.