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What is in a name? Germany’s strategic partnerships with Asia’s rising powers

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Ever since, Goldman Sachs coined the term BRICS academics, and policy makers have struggled to come to terms with the effects and the impact of rising powers on world politics. The German government has tried to stay abreast of the changing global power dynamics by entering the so-called strategic partnerships with China and India, as well as aiming for a more systematic approach towards rising powers as laid out in the ‘Gestaltungsmaechtekonzept’ (transformative powers concept) published under the Merkel government in 2012. Against this background, this article inquires on the depth and scope of Germany’s strategic partnerships towards Asia’s rising powers. It finds that despite new institutional developments such as intergovernmental consultations at ministerial level, the strategic partnerships with Delhi and Berlin are still lacking in substance due to a discrepancy of policy preferences and interests in a variety of policy fields. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

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  • Felix Heiduk, 2015. "What is in a name? Germany’s strategic partnerships with Asia’s rising powers," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 13(2), pages 131-146, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:asiaeu:v:13:y:2015:i:2:p:131-146
    DOI: 10.1007/s10308-014-0399-1
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    2. Luis Simón & Stephan Klose, 2016. "European perspectives towards the rise of Asia: contextualising the debate," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 14(3), pages 239-260, September.

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