Germany and the middle East relations

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Germany and the Middle East Relations

Introduction

Do you know that German and Middle East relations started as early as 17th Century ? These relationships however had been with strings . One set out to manipulate the other for its own selfish gain Germany had all the power to manipulate Middle Eastern countries . Its main interest was to colonize the Ottoman Empire (Schwanitz 1 .This essay seeks to explore through the past , present and future relations between Germany and Middle East in terms

of policies , treaties political , economic , socio-cultural , war and religious contexts

The German - Middle East policy

By the time the German Reich was being established in the year 1871 neighboring countries had expanded their colonies overseas into empires These countries included Russia , France and the Great Britain . Four decades afterwards was a period of growth for the established empires Berlin by then was pushing to come up with a policy aiming at West of Asia and North Africa . The Berlin policy was very different from the other European countries ' policies (Schwanitz 1

However there was very little to claim in the regions and particularly in West Asia . This is because Middle East had already been divided among the other European countries . This did not deter Berlin from finding a way into the Middle East for its national interests . A Berlin Middle Eastern policy was established . The policy 's cornerstones were commerce trade and , of course , a peaceful penetration (Schwanitz 1

Germany started...