Notes on the Contributors - An Introduction; B.Heurlin - PART 1: GERMANY'S POSITION AND ROLE - German Nation and German Identity. Continuity and Change From the 1770s to the 1990s; R.MYnch - The International Position and the National Interest of Germany in the Nineties; B.Heurlin - Germany as a World Power and as a European Power; E.Krippendorf - PART 2: GERMANY'S POLICY - Gulliver in the Center of Europe. International Involvement and National Capabilities for Action; H.Haftendorn - Will Germany Assume a Leadership Role in the European Union?; M.Kreile - German Foreign Policy and Domestic Politics; R.Morgan - PART 3: POLICY TOWARDS GERMANY - The Impact of German Unification on German-American Relations: Alliance, Estrangement or Partnership?; L.Gardner Feldman - Russia and Germany from Enemy to Partner? A Contradictary Relationship; V.Zhurkin - The United Kingdom and Germany; C.Hill - France and Germany; Y.Boyer - PART 4: PROSPECTS - No Threats, No Temptations: German Grand Strategy After the Cold War; J.Joffe - Index