Germany's new security strategy — much ado about nothing

Last week, Germany's long-awaited National Security Strategy of Germany was released. Expectations were high, after months of delays and infighting among Berlin's 'traffic-light' coalition partners.

Many observers excepted a roar, but heard only a mere whimper in the end. To put it mildly, the document is a nice compilation of already existing "strategic" documents, such as the Indo-Pacific guidelines, released in September 2020. But ...