Bye Bye Merkel Doctrine: German Foreign Policy Shifts Focus to Refugees

With the refugee crisis showing no signs of abating, Germany in the autumn of 2015 is rapidly changing its foreign and security policy focus. Gone are the days of democracy promotion. Now the primary goal is that of preventing people from migrating to Europe.

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