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Article: Germany, Intelligence and Security
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- Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, andSecurity
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Germany, Intelligence and Security
Germany is an active, key participant in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU), working closely with neighboring European nations and the United States on international economic, intelligence, and security issues. However, Germany weathered a turbulent and sometimes violent past century. Germany is currently one the world's leading democratic governments, but for the nation's intelligence and security agencies, overcoming the legacy of their role in two world wars, the Nazi government, the Holocaust, and Soviet-dominated East Germany, has proved a formidable challenge.
During the late nineteenth century and ...