German Defense and Security Policy—an Ontological Perspective

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" German Defense and Security Policy—an Ontological Perspective "
Ellison, Davis Hunter Moroff, Holger

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1104645
Doc. No	:	TLpq2241617912
Main Entry	:	Ellison, Davis Hunter
	:	Moroff, Holger
Title & Author	:	German Defense and Security Policy—an Ontological Perspective\ Ellison, Davis HunterMoroff, Holger
College	:	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Date	:	2019
student score	:	2019
Degree	:	M.A.
Page No	:	51
Abstract	:	This thesis explains changing rhetorical justifications for German defense and security policy via an ontological security lens. It explores the roles that contested identity narratives play in shaping the public aspects of German policy by examining the cases of ongoing defense budget debates and the interventions/troop deployments in the Balkans, Afghanistan, and the NATO presence in the Baltic states. Through these cases, it is demonstrated that policy is often justified not through appeals to the national interest or commitment to liberal values, but rather through appeals to historical memory and a German responsibility to a variety of interchangeable sub-narratives. As crises arise, various German governments activate and deactivate certain sub-narratives in order to present their response to the crisis in a way that is consistent with the German sense of self, thus demonstrating attempts to maintain ontological security. It also shown that these sub-narratives often come into conflict.
Subject	:	European Studies
	:	International Relations
	:	Political science