A series of crises over the last decade have put pressure on Europe's fundamental ordering principles. In response, German policymakers have scrambled to reinterpret Germany's foreign policy for a new era. To understand this process, the authors utilize an interpretivist approach, analyzing the discourse of German foreign policymakers through the lens of four traditions of thought informing debates: regionalism, pacifism, realism, and hegemonism. The article suggests that despite serious challenges, prevailing patterns of belief centered round regionalism and pacifism, supported by a particular civilian understanding of hegemony, persist. Yet, Germany's allies are challenging this framework and calling for it to accept more responsibility for regional and global security. As a result, a realist tradition is reemerging in Germany's discourse. The taxonomy provided here allows a richer understanding of these debates as well as an appreciation of how policymakers mobilize ideas to resist or enable policy change.

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冲突传统：新时代的德国外交政策

过去十年中发生的一系列危机给欧洲的基本秩序原则带来了压力。作为回应，德国决策者争先恐后地重新诠释德国的新时代外交政策。为了理解这一过程，作者采用了一种解释主义的方法，通过四种思想指导辩论的方式来分析德国外交政策制定者的话语：区域主义，和平主义，现实主义和霸权主义。文章认为，尽管面临严峻挑战，但仍存在以地区主义和和平主义为中心的普遍信仰模式，并得到了平民对霸权主义的特别理解。然而，德国的盟国正在挑战这一框架，并呼吁其对地区和全球安全承担更多责任。结果，现实主义的传统在德国重新兴起。的话语。这里提供的分类法可以使人们对这些辩论有更深入的了解，并且可以使决策者了解如何动员思想抵抗或促成政策变革。