Dr. Weber emphasizes that Germany must strengthen its defence capabilities against the backdrop of current security policy challenges. He referred to the need to better equip and strategically align the Bundeswehr in order to meet the requirements within the NATO alliance. He emphasized that the discussion about “war capability” should not be understood as a call for militarization, but rather as an appeal to take security policy responsibility seriously.
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In an interview with Phoenix, Dr. Joachim Weber comments on the Federal Republic's “war capability” in the light of 70 years of German NATO membership.
Dr. Joachim Weber on phoenix: 70 years of Germany & NATO - Where do we stand in terms of security policy?
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Dr. Joachim Weber conducts research in the field of strategic foresight with the aim of generating better approaches for practical policy action on the basis of analytical instruments and better linking theory and practice. Before joining CASSIS, he researched geostrategic and security policy-relevant developments in the High North in the ISPK's Arctic project (2017-2019). Dr. Weber is co-founder of the Kavoma (Disaster Risk Reduction and Management) course at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn (2006 ff.). For more than two decades, he has taught numerous courses on various topics of history, political geography and political science at the universities of Hamburg, Bonn, Zagreb and Akron, OH.
Parallel to his academic work, Dr. Weber has held various positions in the German Federal Civil Service for more than fifteen years, including at the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi).