In this guest article for Table.Briefings, CHA Director Ralf Südhoff explains why the failure of Germany’s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council can also be attributed to years of neglecting soft power in favour of hard power. Germany has squandered its reputation as an “honest broker” within a few years and is no longer perceived as a reliable partner by the countries of the Global South:
Berlin.Table, 14 June: “Ralf Südhoff: Vom Ende der Soft-Power-Weltmacht Deutschland ” [article in German]
