Stephan Vormann: Germany’s Bundeswehr after universal conscription. Two decades after the end of the Cold War the transformation of the Bundeswehr remains a “work in progress”. On January 3rd 2011 the - for the foreseeable future - last conscripts were drafted into the army. The suspension of universal conscription is however only a first step in what will most likely be a series of reforms in the Bundeswehr. The implications for Germany and its international role are yet unclear.
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