Crisis in Relations between Germany and the USA

During the second half of 2010-s the West faces the full-scale challenges not only outside but within. The sources of the threats became the USA and the United Kingdom, They traditionally played the key role in creation and dynamic development of Euro-Atlantic society but now some of their steps are the challenges for it. Trump`s administration has been trying to transform deeply the Euro-Atlantic community. These plans include the revision of political behavior norms and the limitation of the role of multilateral structures. Germany tries to play the role of the key protector of traditional Western political rules. Since the 1990-s Germany affirmed the regional power. Since the beginning of the XXI century the country tries to achieve the role of global power. The modern processes in the Euro-Atlantic regional system widen the window of opportunity for the strengthening of German leadership at all levels. The goal of the article is to explore the dynamics, interim results and perspectives of the relations between the USA and Germany during Trump`s presidency. The focused field of the relations is the political-military sphere. The key research methods are event-analysis and comparative analysis. The paper tries to compare two crises in US-German relations (2002–2005 and modern) based on the distinguished parameters. The article shows non-linear dynamics and more versatile character of the modern one (first of all in the sphere of security and in NATO in particular). The scientific research distinguishes three key periods in the bilateral relations during Trump`s presidency. The article also explores the features of the usage by Germany its political-military tools during every period as an answer to the ,especially offensive Trump`s diplomacy, including his initiation of the ,,strategic shocks,, for German partner. The research paper investigates the concept of the answer behavior which was formulated by September 2018. In this regard the paper pays attention to Russian opportunities in the deepening dialog with Germany and the USA during the crisis in their relations. The article concludes about opportunities of overcoming of the crisis by Germany and the United States.

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