The birth of Janus Germania: the changes in the German foreign and security policy under the 21st century’s global governance

In the 21st century, various researchers are debating about the loss of orientation in German foreign policy, or they debate about the so-called “German problem”. But all in all, they debate about the Leitbild-model of German foreign policy. In this presentation, the author makes clear, what kind of Leitbild Germany seeks and to explain it from the view of party politics and party system. As the methods, he uses policy analysis and discourse analysis. In the discourse analysis, he uses also the qualitative content analysis. The analysis objects are the military dispatchments mainly under Merkel II and III cabinets. Germany contributes to form a global security governance under EU, NATO and OSCE. It has increased the quality and quantity of military dispatchment and it globalized. Germany seeks for the hybrid-type Leitbild (“Janus Germania”) in which the ideas of both “civilian power”- and “normal great power”-theses are reflected, as the god Janus. With that Leitbild, Germany changes into a “peace restoration power with a power political orientation”. The reasons of that hybrid-type Leitbild depends on the convergence into the political center by the large parties, CDU/CSU and SPD, and the change of the party system into the “fluid five party system".