http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20220403-011126-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-germanys-strategic-restraint/ The End of Germany’s Strategic Restraint - The Importance of Public Debate and the Role of Law in Security and Defense Policy Ley, Isabelle eng 2022-03-18 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Bundeswehr German foreign policy Security Strategy Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In a special session of the German Bundestag on February 27, 2022, on the occasion of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the federal government announced nothing less than a realignment of the Federal Republic of Germany's long-standing security and defense policy principles. The decisions taken by the Government replaced the "culture of strategic restraint" that had for decades characterized German decision-making in foreign, security and defense policy with a more active, independent and robust foreign policy role.