关键词: 德国, 地缘政治, 地缘战略, 历史, Germany, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, History

Abstract: The influence of historical, geographic and geopolitical factors makes the national development track of Germany different from other European countries. Germany did not build their real sense of national state until 1871, and the process is complex and full of setbacks. Meanwhile, this evolution process was accompanied with the discussion and thinking of “What is Germany after all? And where is Germany?” from beginning to end. During the process of Germany’s national development, different geostrategies were taken in different historical periods, which has directly affected its national strategy and destiny. It also made Germany rapidly rise or decline along the way in the past. In this paper, with the analysis of the main line of Germany’s geostrategies in history, the background of different historical geostrategies, primary strategies and the significant impact will be explored and discussed. This paper addresses the five factors greatly affecting Germany’s geostrategies, which are particular geographical location, backward political system, unique national characteristics, mixed philosophy foundation, and highly developed education science and technology, and then analyses each factor’s impact. With all these complex geostrategy factors taken into consideration, a unique characteristic to Germany in planning, formulating, and implementing of geostrategy will be revealed.