COMPACT
PLAYERS & ORGANISATIONS
Diplomatic missions
Germany maintains diplomatic relations
with 195 countries and has a global presence
with 227 missions, 153 of them embassies.
→ diplo.de
Multilateral organisations
Germany assumes responsibility in multilateral
organisations such as the United Nations (UN),
Foreign policy think tanks
the European Union (EU), the North Atlantic
Important foreign and security policy research insti-
Alliance (NATO), the Organization for Security
tutes include the German Council on Foreign Rela-
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Euro-
tions (DGAP), the German Institute of Global and
pean Council, the Organisation for Economic
Area Studies (GIGA), the Peace Research Institute
Co-Operation and Development (OECD), the
Frankfurt (PRIF), the Institute for Peace Research
World Trade Organization (WTO), and the In-
and Security Policy (IFSH), and German Institute
ternational Monetary Fund (IMF).
for International and Security Affairs (SWP).
Bundeswehr
Political foundations
Following an internal reform the Bundeswehr
The foundations closely associated with the
now has around 180,000 active soldiers, of which
German political parties CDU, CSU, SPD,
19,000 are women. In 2015, a total of 2,500
The Left party, Alliance 90/The Greens, and FDP
members of the German armed forces were de-
have offices worldwide. With federal funds,
ployed to missions in 16 different crisis areas.
they promote dialogue and development in
→ bundeswehr.de
partner countries.
Experts in conflict prevention
The Centre for International Peace Operations
trains civilian specialists for missions in crisis regions and provides experts.
→ zif-berlin.org
DIGITAL PLUS
More information about all the topics
in the chapter – annotated link lists,
articles, documents, speeches; plus
more in-depth information about the
European Union as well as short portraits of the multilateral organisations.
→ tued.net/en/dig2