Trunov Ph.O. – senior researcher, INION RAS, Ph.D. (Politics), lecturer, Faculty of world politics
The perspectives of the strengthening of German leadership at the regional and global levels are highly determined by the state of the national elite. This provision is particularly relevant to military-political sphere taking into account its importance for the demonstration of state power. The article attempts to explore the processes of German establishment development based on the analyses of the leaders of the ministries of foreign affairs and defense during the being of the 4th Merkel`s cabinet. In this regard the paper investigates the importance of the technocrats role in the decision-making process. The article concludes about the perspectives of potential ways of German politicalmilitary establishment evolution in post-Merkel era.
Germany, foreign policy, elites, Ministry of foreign affairs, technocrats.
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