Germany's Strategic Culture Shift after the Zeitenwende: Investigating Material and Ideational Adaptions

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CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Security Studies Master's Thesis 2025 Kathryn Trotter CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Security Studies Kathryn Trotter Germany's Strategic Culture Shift after the Zeitenwende: Investigating Material and Ideational Adaptations Master's Thesis Praha 2026 Author of the Dissertation: Kathryn Trotter Supervisor: doc. PhDr. Vít Střítecký, M.Phil., Ph.D. Year of the defence: 2026 Declaration 1. I hereby declare that I have compiled this thesis using the listed literature and resources only. 2. I hereby declare that my thesis has not been used to gain any other academic title. 3. I fully agree to my work being used for study and scientific purposes. 4. During the preparation of this thesis, the author used Grammarly to enhance the text's language and deepl.com for translations from German to English and English to Czech. After using this tool/service, the author reviewed and edited the content as necessary and takes full responsibility for the content of the publication. In Prague on July 25, 2026 Kathryn Trotter References TROTTER, Kathryn. Germany's Strategic Culture Shift after the Zeitenwende: Investigating Material and Ideational Adaptions. Praha, 2026. 119 pg....