Taking the lead in containing Russia in Europe on the US’ behalf is the prerequisite for rebuilding “Fortress Europe” and thus becoming the continent’s hegemon without firing a shot.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced during his recent visit to Kiev that their countries will jointly develop “deep strike” capabilities. RT’s article about this major move reminded readers that “Berlin has emerged as Kiev’s largest single military donor after the US switched from donating weapons directly to Ukraine to selling it to Kiev’s other NATO backers which hand them over. Germany spent around €20 billion ($23.5 billion) on weapons for Ukraine from January 2022 to February 2026”.
Germany’s military patronage of Ukraine is a crucial part of its grand strategy and has been in the making since summer 2023. In brief, former Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s hegemonic manifesto from December 2022 made clear his country’s ambitions to recreate what’s been described elsewhere as “Fortress Europe” in current geopolitical conditions. This necessitates building the largest army in Europe, which it’s in the process of doing, and exerting military influence over Ukraine to threaten Russia.
From the perspective of Germany’s permanent military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies, their country now bears “responsibility for Europe” per the title of its first-ever postwar military strategy from late April. Its publication was followed by influential Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby, considered to be the military-strategic brain behind Trump 2.0, praising Germany for “taking the leading role” in the transformation to “NATO 3.0”. (more...)
Germany’s Military Patronage Of Ukraine Is A Crucial Part Of Its Grand Strategy
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