Germany — a Country Like Others?, by Uwe Nerlich All industrial democracies will have to find a new balance between their domestic problems and possible solutions at an international level. They will also have to redefine their international roles and leave a wider margin to nationalism. For Germany, the situation is not the same since there this sort of problem is posed in terms of 'crises of normalization '. What is more, the development of Germany lies within that of Europe. Conversely the security of Europe is directly linked to the European Union integration process which is equally dépendent upon the nature of the new Germany, vulnerable to the nationalisms of its partners. Germany's integration and security policy aims to maintain a ...