Where Germany has never been before.(Germans benefitting from improved foreign relations)

From: The National Interest | Date: June 22, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Political experts believe that Germany is currently enjoying a strategic equilibrium that is anchored on foreign relations. Since the rule of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Germany has not benefitted from its foreign partners, who viewed the country as an enemy rather an ally. But now, Germany is exploiting all the help it could get from neighboring countries including France, United States and Mexico. The country has even improved its tie with rival Russia, which has been witnessing expansive trade for the couple of years.

In the fall of 1998, the career of Helmut Kohl, Germany's apparent ...

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