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92 China Int'l Stud. 114 (2022)
Value-Based Diplomacy: The Diplomatic Axis of the New German Government?

handle is hein.journals/chintersd92 and id is 116 raw text is: Value-based Diplomacy: The Diplomatic Axis of the New German Government? Xiong Wei & Jiang Hao he three ruling parties of the new German government released the coalition agreement in November 2021 as a guidance for administration. What deserves special attention in the agreement is the emphasis on the importance of values in the foreign policy of the new government. The agreement states: Germany's international politics is based on values and rooted in Europe. Germany is in close coordination with like-minded partners while holding a clear opposition to international rule- breakers. We will strengthen the sovereignty of the European Union (EU) and expand strategic solidarity with democratic partners. We are committed to an EU that protects its values and the rule of law, both internally and externally. In addition, leaders of the three parties have claimed on several occasions that Germany's diplomacy is based on values. Despite this, many analysts still insist on drawing upon extensive experience to predict the direction of German foreign policy. They believe that the emphasis on the core position of values in diplomacy when the relevant parties are not formally in office will soon give way to the consideration of real interests, and the parties will abandon the value-based diplomacy that they have upheld once taking power. Therefore, the new German government will give up or weaken the momentum of value-based diplomacy sooner or later, and will eventually shift from value-based diplomacy to pragmatic diplomacy. Xiong Wei is Professor and Director of the Center for Comparative Foreign Policy Studies, China Foreign Affairs University (CFAU); Jiang iao is a PhD candidate at CFAU. 1 Mehr Fortschritt wagen. Btindnis fur Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit, SPD, November 24, 2021, https://www.bundesregierung.de/resource/blob/974430/1990812/04221173eef9a6720059cc353d759a 2b/2021-12-10-koav2021-data.pdf. Value-based Diplomacy: The Diplomatic Axis of the New German Government? 114 China International Studies

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