Word: bonnes
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Waldheim aside, Bonn's behavior upsets its allies not because it is necessarily wrong. Turkey's attacks on Kurdish rebels are deeply troubling to all its NATO allies, and Germany certainly has a right to object and even to withhold arms. What has changed is Germany's style. The old, far more modest West Germany would have worked quietly behind the scenes to obtain allied consensus on arms transfers or to persuade Turkey to behave less brutally. Not now, and perhaps never again. "Germany is reflecting its power," says Rollo. "It is confident enough...
Since Maastricht there has been a growing sense of irritation among Germany's neighbors on a variety of issues. The ink on the Maastricht agreement was hardly dry before Bonn pressured -- some say bullied -- the rest of the E.C. into recognizing the breakaway Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia. Most of the 12 preferred to wait to give E.C. negotiators a chance to implement a cease-fire, but Germany forced a decision by threatening to go it alone. Then, just before Christmas, the Bundesbank suddenly raised its interest rates, compelling most of the rest of Western Europe to follow...
...recognizing the inevitability of Germany's asserting its power is not the same as welcoming it. French political leaders are concerned that their entire postwar policy, which adroitly cultivated a Bonn-Paris axis that magnified French power by combining with Germany's, may be coming unstuck. Germans firmly deny any intention to dominate Europe: Kohl's slogan is "A European Germany, Not a German Europe." But they are no longer willing to be subordinate within it. "The days when the French could count on our subservience are over," says a senior German diplomat. "And that applies to others...
...fact, Germany's initial hesitancy to support the anti-Iraq coalition may have helped produce Bonn's recent burst of assertive energy. The term gulf syndrome is applied to German leaders who, stung by criticism of their early reluctance to support Desert Storm, are determined never again to be thought timid. There is even some concern that Kohl is going too far in that direction. "Except for Hitler you have to go back a long way to find a German head of government who speaks so provocatively and insensitively about the outside world," says Heinrich Jaenecke, a columnist...
London: William Mader Paris: Frederick Ungeheuer, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson, Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Kumiko Makihara Latin America: Laura Lopez...