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· As a new government settles in at home, Germany finds itself undertaking an awkward naval deployment in the high-tension Indo-Pacific theater. Since its dispatch in August, the German frigate Bayern has been transiting regional waterways in an exercise which has “created more questions than it has answered” and offers a strikingly appropriate encapsulation of the current crossroads facing policymakers in Berlin, argues Blake Herzinger in Foreign Policy. German officials appear unable to strike a common chord towards Beijing—and Bayern appears handicapped by this indecision. While any deployment to the Indo-Pacific raises raises eyebrows in Beijing, and Germany has stated its commitment to the “Democratic Camp,” Berlin has refused to direct Bayern through contested waterways in a stark departure from courses charted by other western naval ships. Just as this deployment appears lacking in its efficacy, so, too, are German efforts to balance an increasingly cold relationship between Beijing and its closest Western allies. by Blake Herzinger
January 5, 2022 via Foreign Policy via China's Global Sharp Power Weekly Alert
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