Germany's European Leadership: Hegemony against One's Will?

Last July the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) published a truly landmark article [1] on a burning political issue - Germany's leadership in Europe. Insisting that Germany has become the continental hegemon,... ... both of them, all major economic decisions were invariably taken with an eye to the USA and the USSR, the big brothers , as well as to each other. At the same time, back... ... has been playing first fiddle in the decades-long talks on Turkey's entry into the European Union. To this end, Ankara has been especially sensitive about any demarches...