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In the quarter century after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, reunified Germany grew steadily more confident and powerful as the preeminent country in Europe. Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has shattered much of that confidence, forcing the country to undertake a pivot as expressed in Chancellor Olaf Scholz\u2019s announcement of a zeitenwende, or watershed moment.\n\nBut what, exactly, has changed in Germany\u2019s foreign policy outlook? Is the change in Berlin\u2019s attitude toward Russia specifically, or in its stance on economic interdependence and dialogue as a pacifying force more generally? How applicable is zeitenwende to Germany\u2019s attitude toward the Middle East, particularly Iran, or East Asia, particularly China? What about the military rearmament of the Bundeswehr?\n\nThere are few Germans better placed to answer these and other questions than Ambassador Thomas Bagger, the state secretary of the German Foreign Ministry. Ambassador Bagger is the author of a much-discussed 2019 essay in the Washington Quarterly, \u201cThe World According to Germany: Reassessing 1989,\u201d and is considered one of the country\u2019s leading public intellectuals and foreign policy professionals.\n\nPlease join Senior Fellow Peter Rough as he welcomes Ambassador Bagger to Hudson for a discussion on Germany\u2019s foreign and security outlook today.