Responsibility for Europe reads differently from Bratislava than from Brussels. The new German defence strategy is worth reading carefully, particularly from the capitals whose security still depends on German territory. Responsibility for Europe will be defined in the next decade by what Berlin does if Washington no longer underwrites European defence at previous levels. Germany has now stated, in writing, that this is the planning horizon.
they basically weren’t allowed to have one because of their role in WWII. To their defence, one strategically and economically strong country should also have a strong army
Germany accepted rules limiting troop size or banning nuclear weapons but I doubt there was a rule that forbade Germany from writing a strategy paper.