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Why is Germany rearming?

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Why is Germany rearming?

The debate about German militarisation has gained speed in recent years. The German army is now going through its biggest defense spending increase since WWII. But what are the geopolitical shifts that have led to Germany feeling insecure and why now? I’m Kasim, this is KJ Vids and in this video, we will discuss the German army expansion.

America’s tariffs and protectionist trade wars, a muscular and emboldened Russia that wants to reconstruct a historic sphere of influence in the region, chaos in the Middle East that has led to a global migrant crisis of which Germany is the centre of and climate change has led to no choice except for Germany to prepare itself from the instability it predicts and the threat it perceives to its national security.

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