Jama'ar Jamusawa sun bayyana a fagen Turai cikin ban mamaki. Jamus ta yi saurin zama ƙasa mai masana'antu, kuma sau biyu ta yi yunƙurin sauya daidaiton ikon duniya. Tun lokacin da daular Roma ta kafu, tsakiyar zamani Jamus, wadda take kan fili mai buɗe wa a Arewacin Turai, ta kasance an raba ta zuwa ɗaruruwan masarautu, sarakunan yanki, dukiyoyi, bishoprik da birane masu 'yanci da ke gogayya da juna. Cikin fiye da shekaru dubu, sarakuna da masu mulki daban-daban sun yi yunƙurin haɗa jihohin Jamus waje ɗaya, amma ba su yi nasara ba. Saboda haka, al'ummar Jamusawa sun shiga yaƙe-yaƙe da rikice-rikice da yawa a tsakaninsu.

The German people emerged on the European scene in spectacular fashion. Germany rapidly industrialised and on two occasions attempted to change the global balance of power. Medieval Germany, lying on the open Northern European plain, was divided into hundreds of competing kingdoms, principalities, dukedoms, bishoprics and free cities since the formation of the Roman Empire. Over a thousand years various kings and rulers attempted to unify the German states without success. As a result the German people engaged in many internal wars and conflicts amongst each other.

Otto Van Bismarck ya jagoranci haɗewar ƙasar Jamus, wanda ya sa al'ummar ta fara hanyar zama ƙasa mafi ƙarfi a fannin masana'antu. Tun daga shekarar 1884, Jamus ta fara kafa mulkin mallaka da dama a wajen Turai. Bismarck ya samu nasarar haɗa yankunan Jamusawa, abin da mutane da yawa suka yi ƙoƙarin cimma tsawon kusan shekara dubu. Irin wannan haɗewa ya nufi cewa albarkatun ƙasa da ma'adanan Jamus duk za su bi tsarin mulki guda ɗaya, kuma a karon farko Jamus za ta iya bunƙasa a cikin gida ba tare da fuskantar kiraye-kirayen ballewa ba.

Otto Van Bismarck oversaw German unification which set the nation on the path to industrial supremacy. Beginning in 1884, Germany began establishing several colonies outside of Europe. Bismarck managed to achieve unification of the German lands which many had attempted for nearly a thousand years. Such unification meant German resources and minerals could all follow one unified policy and for once Germany could be domestically developed without facing any secessionist calls.

Ya ci gaban Jamus cikin sauri ya sanya ta cikin rikici kai tsaye da Birtaniya, kuma zuwa shekara ta 1900 Jamus ta kai ƙarfin soji na Birtaniya, tana kuma gogayya da ita wajen mamaye duniya. Jamus ta yi amfani sosai da kisan da Sabiya ta yi wa magajin daular Austria-Hungary. Jamus ta mamaye Faransa, ta karya kawancenta da Rasha, ta fara mamaye Gabashin Rasha. Jamus bata tsaya nan ba, ta ci gaba da mamaye Turai, kuma lokacin da rundunarta ta shiga Belgium, Birtaniya ta tattara sojoji don yaki, yakin duniya na farko ya fara. Ikon da daular Birtaniya take da shi a kan man fetur, da kuma kwace filayen man Baku masu wadata a kan tekun Caspian, ya hana Jamus muhimman kayayyaki, wanda hakan ya kai ga mika wuya da Jamus ta yi a karshe.

Germany’s rapid development placed it in direct conflict with Britain and by 1900 Germany matched the military prowess of Britain and competed with it in the colonisation of the world. Germany took full advantage of Serbia’s assassination of the heir to the Austria-Hungary Empire. Germany invaded France, broke its alliance with Russia and began invading Eastern Russia. Germany didn’t stop there and continued the invasion of Europe and when its military machine went into Belgium Britain mobilised for war and WW1 had begun. The British empires control of oil and the capturing of the rich oil fields of Baku on the Caspian Sea denied vital supplies to Germany and resulted in the eventual surrender of Germany.

Yarjejeniyar Versailles a shekarar 1919 ta kawo ƙarshen Yakin Duniya na Ɗaya a hukumance tsakanin Ƙasashen Ƙawance da Ƙasashen Haɗin Kai da Daular Jamus. Bayan watanni shida na tattaunawa, an tilasta wa Jamus ta karɓi cikakken alhakin haddasa yakin, kuma bisa sharuddan yarjejeniyar, za ta biya diyya ga wasu mambobin Ƙawance. Haka kuma Jamus za ta rasa wani yanki nata ga ƙasashe da dama da ke kewaye da ita, a kwace duk mulkin mallakarta na ketare, sannan an takaita ikonta na sake yin yaki ta hanyar sanya iyaka ga girman rundunar sojojinta.

The Treaty of Versailles in 1919 officially ended World War I between the Allied and Associated Powers and the German Empire. After six months of negotiations, Germany was forced to accept full responsibility for causing the war and, under the terms of agreement would make reparations to certain members of the Allies. Germany would also lose certain amount of its own territory to a number of surrounding countries, be stripped of all its overseas colonies, and its ability to make war again was limited by restrictions on the size of its military.

A irin wannan yanayi ne Hitler ya fito, wani dan jari-hujja mai tsattsauran ra'ayin fascist wanda ya yi imani cewa Jamus babbar kasa ce. Hitler ya yi nasarar hada kan al'ummar Jamus a kan hangen nesansa, cewa Jamus babbar kasa ce, don haka tana bukatar tattalin arziki mai karfi domin ta cimma karfin da take da shi, wanda ake iya cewa Hitler yana ganinta a matsayin babbar kasa a duniya. Hangen nesan Reich na shekaru dubu ya samu nasarar daukar hankalin wani babban bangare na al'ummar Jamus, wanda ya motsa dubban daruruwan su suyi aiki don cimma manufofin Nazism.

It was in such circumstances Hitler emerged, a rightwing fascist who believed Germany to be a great state. Hitler managed to unify the German masses on his vision, that Germany is a great state, and therefore needed a strong economy in order to achieve her potential, which arguably Hitler perceived, as a world power. The vision of a thousand-year Reich managed to capture the imagination of a large section of the German public, which motivated hundreds of thousands of them to work towards the aims of Nazism.

A lokuta biyu da Jamus ta fara neman zama babbar ƙasa a duniya ta hanyar tattalin arzikin yaƙi, ta zama babbar ƙasa cikin sauri, kuma saurin hawan Nazi Jamus ba a dakatar da shi ba sai ta hanyar tara ƙarfin manyan ƙasashen duniya a Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu.

On the two occasions Germany embarked on becoming a world power through its war economy it quickly became a world power, the rapid rise of Nazi Germany was only halted through the mobilisation of the world’s powers through WW2.

Yaƙe-yaƙen duniya guda biyu da Jamus ta sha kashi a cikinsu sun tsara manufofin ƙasar bayan yaƙi. Taimakon da Amurka ta bayar don dakile yiwuwar karkata zuwa ga gurguzu ya sa Amurka ta sake gina Jamus, kuma tun daga lokacin Jamus ta bunƙasa manufar harkokin wajenta da ta fi mayar da hankali kan tattalin arziki, wadda take duba ta da idon Turai. Jamus na ci gaba da aiki ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa saboda tarihinta, tana kuma amfani da ƙarfin tattalin arzikinta wajen ƙarfafa kanta. Sai dai wannan bai haifar da tasiri a siyasance ba, domin al'ummar bayan yaƙi suna kallon hakan a matsayin komawa ga gadon mulkin mallakarta. Bayan sake haɗewa, Jamus ta faɗaɗa tattalin arzikinta ta hanyar wani tsari na musamman na manufofin tattalin arziki, tare da mamaye Gabashin Turai a zahiri. A lokacin Yaƙin Cacar Baki, lokacin da yawancin kasuwancin Gabashin Turai ya bushe, Jamus ta zama babbar abokiyar cinikayyar Yamma ga kowace ƙasa a cikin tsohuwar Tarayyar Soviet. Lokacin da tsarin gurguzu ya rushe, 'yan kasuwar banki da masana'antu na Jamus sun yi saurin cike gibin. A wannan karon ba tankoki da sojoji ne suka mamaye Gabashin Turai ba, sai dai kuɗi da masana'antu.

German defeats in both the world wars have defined the nations post war policies. The help received from the US to curtail the possible shift towards Communism resulted in the US to redevelop Germany and ever since Germany has developed a largely economic centric foreign policy viewed from the lens of Europe. Germany continues to work in partnerships due to its historical legacy and uses its economic strength to strengthen Germany. This has not resulted in political influence as the post war generation views this as a return to its colonial legacy. Germany after reunification expanded economically through a distinct set of economic policies with virtual hegemony in Eastern Europe. During the Cold War, when much of Eastern European business dried up, Germany became the largest Western trading partner of every country within the former Soviet Union. When the communist system collapsed German bankers and industrialists moved quickly to fill the vacuum. This time it was not tanks and soldiers that invaded Eastern Europe but money and industry.

Komawar Jamus zuwa matsayin fitacce bayan Yakin Duniya na Biyu ta samu ne sakamakon manufofin siyasa na hankali da tsoro. Amurka ta lalata rundunar sojan Jamus da tushen masana'antunta bayan Yakin Duniya na Biyu; sai dai tun bayan hadewar Jamus, ta fara nuna sha'awa ga burin soji da siyasa masu nisa a duniya. Mafi kyawun misali shi ne karuwar shigarta cikin ayyukan NATO a Bosnia, Kosovo da Afghanistan. Jamus ta shiga tare da Faransa da Birtaniya a ziyarce-ziyarcen hadin gwiwa zuwa Iran, wadanda suka matsa wa Iran lamba ta sanya hannu kan karin yarjejeniya da ke ba da damar duba cibiyoyin nukiliyanta ba tare da an sanar da su ba. Jamus kuma ta taka rawa sosai wajen shiga tsakani cikin nasara a batun musayar fursunoni tsakanin Isra'ila da Hizbullah. Jamus ta kuma tura rundunar ruwa a mamayar Isra'ila ta Lebanon a shekarar 2006. Turawan ta ta kunshi jiragen yaki guda biyu - Mecklenburg-Vorpommern da Karlsruhe - tare da goyon bayan jirage masu saukar ungulu, jiragen dakon kaya da jiragen sintiri, tare da kusan mutum 1,500 a cikinsu. Wannan ita ce babbar turawan soji ta Jamus tun bayan Yakin Duniya na Biyu.27

Germanys return to prominence after WW2 has been due to tentative political policies. The US destroyed Germany’s military and manufacturing base after WW2; however since reunification Germany has begun showing interest in military and political aspirations that have global dimensions. The best example of this is the increasing participation in NATO activities in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Germany has participated with France and Britain in the multilateral visits to Iran. Which put pressure on Iran to become signatory to an additional protocol that allows unplanned inspection of its nuclear installations. Germany also played an active role in the successful mediation in the issue of exchanging prisoners between Israel and Hezbollah. Germany also deployed a naval force in the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 2006. Its deployment consisted of two frigates - the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Karlsruhe - supported by helicopters, supply ships and patrol boats, with about 1,500 men on board. This is Germany’s largest military deployment since WW2.27

Jamus a yau ita ce tattalin arziki na 4 mafi girma a duniya, kuma ita ce tattalin arziki mafi girma a Turai, abin da ya sanya ta zama ginshiƙin tattalin arziki a Turai. Har zuwa lokacin da kasar Sin ta fara tashi, Jamus ta kasance mafi girman mai fitar da kaya a duniya akai-akai. Jamus tana da tarihin kasancewa ƙasa mai ƙarfi a duniya, sai dai akwai wasu matsaloli da ke hana Jamus, kuma idan aka shawo kan su, Jamus za ta sake zama ƙasa mai ƙarfi a duniya:

Germany today is the worlds 4th largest economy and the largest economy in Europe making it the economic powerhouse in Europe. Germany until the recent rise of China was regularly the world’s largest exporter. Germany has a history of being world power, however there are a number of stumbling blocks that hinder Germany, which if overcome would allow Germany once again to be a world power:

Ta hanyar manufofi iri-iri, al'ummar Jamus ta hanyar tsarin karatunta, ra'ayin jama'a, adabi da al'adu, ta kai ga ƙyamar tarihinta na ƙoƙarin mamaye Turai. Jamusawa suna kallon tarihinsu na ƙoƙarin canza daidaiton ikon duniya a matsayin wani abu da ya kamata su ci gaba da neman afuwa a kansa, kuma sakamakon haka tana aiki tare da Turai da al'ummomin duniya a kan batutuwan ƙasashen duniya. Tun lokacin da Hitler ya yi ƙoƙarin mamaye Turai, Jamus ba ta bi manufar harkokin waje mai zaman kanta ba. Wannan dabarar neman afuwa za ta hana Jamus zama babbar ƙasa a duniya har abada.

- Through a variety of polices German society through its education curriculum, public opinion, literature and culture has come to despise its history of attempting to dominate Europe. Germans view their history of attempting to shift the global balance of power as something that it needs to continually apologize for and as a result it works with Europe and the international community on international issues. Ever since Hitler attempt to conquer Europe, Germany has not pursued an independent foreign policy. This apologetic strategy will always stop Germany from becoming a world power.

- Tun bayan Yakin Duniya na Biyu, Jamus ta bi manufar harkokin wajen da ta ta'allaka da Turai. Saboda yunkurin ta na mamaye Turai da yake-yaken da suka biyo baya, Jamus ta fara kallon duniya ta idanun Turai. Jamus ta hada kai da Faransa wajen kafa Tarayyar Turai, kuma duk da cewa ita ce mafi girman tattalin arziki a Turai, tana da rauni a siyasance a cikin EU. Faransa ita ce uwar Tarayyar Turai. Bayan Yakin Duniya na Biyu, Faransa ta kalli Amurka, musamman yadda Amurka ke mamaye manufofin harkokin waje da na tsaro na Turai ta hanyar NATO, a matsayin barazana da za ta iya sa Paris ta zama mara muhimmanci. A lokacin, Faransawa suna ganin kasarsu a matsayin babbar kasa a duniya wacce ba ta bukatar manyan kawance, kuma tana bukatar ta tsaya daban da Amurka. A shekarar 1950, Ministan Harkokin Wajen Faransa Robert Schuman ya gabatar da shawarar kafa wata kungiya da za ta hada masana'antun kwal da karfe na Turai, abubuwa biyu da ake bukata wajen kera makamai na yaki. Haka kuma, Birtaniya ta yi aiki don karfafa kanta a cikin Tarayyar Turai lokacin da aka cimma yarjejeniyar détente tsakanin Tarayyar Soviet da Amurka a shekarar 1961. EU kayan aiki ne da wadannan kasashe ke amfani da shi don cimma muradunsu na kasa; Jamus ta mayar da EU muradun kasarta. Muddin ba a maye gurbin wannan da manufofi da burin duniya ba, hakan zai ci gaba da zama cikas ga Jamus.

- Since WW2 Germany has pursued a European centric foreign policy. Due to its attempts at conquering Europe and the subsequent wars Germany has come to view the world through the lens of Europe. Germany coordinated with France in setting up the European Union and whilst it is the largest economy in Europe it is politically weak inside the EU. France is the forefather to the European Union, after WW2 France perceived the United States and particularly the US dominance of European foreign and defence policies through NATO, as a threat that could make Paris irrelevant. At the time, the French saw their country as a key world power that did not need hefty alliances, and that needed to stand apart from the United States. In 1950 French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed a community to integrate the coal and steel industries of Europe - two elements necessary to make weapons of war. Similarly the UK worked to strengthen itself in the European Union when the détente was agreed between the Soviet Union and the US in 1961. The EU is a tool used by these nations to achieve their own national interests; Germany has made the EU its national interests. Until this is not replaced with global aims and ambitions this will act as an impediment to Germany.

Manufofin ƙasashen waje na Jamus da ke tafiya bisa tattalin arziki sun mayar da ƙasar wata babbar cibiyar ciniki, amma hakan ya hana ci gaba a muhimman fannonin masana'antu waɗanda za su taimaka wa Jamus ta zama ƙasa mai ƙarfi a duniya. Jamus ta yi amfani sosai da rushewar Tarayyar Soviet, kuma kamfanoninta sun mamaye mafi yawan kasuwannin jamhuriyoyin tsohuwar Soviet. Jamus na ci gaba da yin fice wajen kera motoci, injinan kayan aiki, da sinadarai. Masana'antar Jamus na ci gaba da mamayar ƙananan kamfanonin kera kaya masu matsakaicin girma, waɗanda suka ƙware wajen kayayyaki na musamman. Shugaban Jamus Horst Köhler ya yi murabus tilas a watan Mayu na 2010 saboda faɗin abin da ya bayyana a fili, amma ya taƙaita manufar ƙasashen waje ta Jamus mai tafiya bisa tattalin arziki: "Duk da haka, a ra'ayina, mu - ciki har da al'ummar Jamus baki ɗaya - muna fahimtar cewa, saboda wannan mayar da hankali mai ƙarfi da dogaro da fitar da kaya, ƙasa mai girmanmu tana buƙatar sanin cewa a lokacin da ake buƙata ko cikin gaggawa, turawa soja ma wajibi ne idan za mu kare muradunmu kamar tabbatar da hanyoyin cinikayya ba tare da shinge ba ko hana rikice-rikicen yankuna waɗanda tabbas za su shafi ikonmu na kare ciniki, ayyuka da samun kuɗi a mummunan hanya. Ya kamata a tattauna duk wannan, kuma ina ganin hanyar da muke bi ba ta yi muni sosai ba."28

- Germany’s economic driven foreign policy has turned the nation into a trade powerhouse which has stifled development in key industrial sectors that would aid Germany in becoming a world power. Germany took full advantage in the fall of the Soviet Union and its companies cornered most of the markets of the former Soviet republics. Germany continues to excel in the production of automobiles, machine tools, and chemicals. German industry continues to be dominated by small to medium sized manufacturing firms, which specialise in niche products. The German president Horst Kohler, was forced to resign for stating the obvious in May 2010, however he encapsulated Germany’s economic driven foreign policy: "In my estimation, though, we—including [German] society as a whole—are coming to the general understanding that, given this [strong] focus and corresponding dependency on exports, a country of our size needs to be aware that where called for or in an emergency, military deployment, too, is necessary if we are to protect our interests such as ensuring free trade routes or preventing regional instabilities which are also certain to negatively impact our ability to safeguard trade, jobs and income. All of this should be discussed and I think the path we are on is not so bad."28

- Rashin albarkatun ma'adinai na Jamus bai taba hana ta mamayewa da cin galaba akan mafi yawan nahiyar Turai ba. Wannan ya yiwu ne saboda Jamus tana da burin duniya. Manufofinta na siyasa sun tada kasa domin ta mayar da hankali wajen gina karfinta na kariya da na kai hari, saboda haka ta razana Turai, kuma ya dauki yakin duniya biyu kafin a dakatar da fadadar Jamus. Fasahar da aka yi amfani da ita wajen makamai masu linzami ta samo asali ne daga rokokin da 'yan Nazi suka kirkira, wadanda aka yi amfani da su wajen kera makamai masu linzami na jirgi (cruise missiles) da makamai masu linzami na ballistic bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Babban dalilin kokarin Amurka na zama ta farko a sararin samaniya shi ne sace Wernher von Braun, kwararren masanin rokoki na Nazi, wanda daga bisani ya zama darakta a NASA kuma ya gina makamai masu linzami na ballistic na Amurka. Haka kuma Jamus ce ta kirkiri jirgin yaki na farko a duniya, Messerschmitt Me 262, wanda ya zama tsari ga dukkan jiragen yaki bayan yakin duniya na biyu. A karshen yakin duniya na biyu, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt da Joseph Stalin sun ce, "Manufarmu wacce ba za ta sauya ba ita ce lalata mulkin soji na Jamus da Nazism, da tabbatar da cewa Jamus ba za ta sake iya dagula zaman lafiyar duniya ba. Mun kudiri aniyar kwance damara da watsar da dukkan rundunonin sojin Jamus; rushe babban hafsoshin sojin Jamus har abada, cire ko lalata dukkan kayan aikin soja na Jamus, kawar da ko sarrafa dukkan masana'antun Jamus da za a iya amfani da su wajen samar da kayan yaki." A yau Jamus tana da sojoji 247,000 kawai, kuma masana'antar sojinta tana samar da motocin sulke, tare da jiragen ruwa na karkashin teku da jiragen yaki. Jamus tana da ikon kera makaman nukiliya cikin sauri idan ta so, amma tana rasa niyyar siyasa ko burin yin hakan. Duk da cewa masana'antar sojin Jamus tana baya bayan sauran manyan kasashen duniya, Jamus na nan a matsayin wacce, idan tana da niyyar siyasa, za ta iya gina kan tushen masana'antarta cikin sauri ta kalubalanci Amurka. Sai dai a halin yanzu, duk da cewa Jamus tana da sinadaran zama babbar kasa a duniya, ba ta da mafi muhimmancin sinadari — niyyar siyasa.

- Germany’s lack of mineral resources never stopped it from dominating and conquering most of the European continent. This was possible as Germany had global ambitions. Its political aims mobilised the nation to focus on building its defensive and offensive capabilities, due to this it menaced Europe and it took the two world wars to halt German expansion. The technology used for missiles came from rockets the Nazi’s developed which were used to develop cruise missiles and ballistic missiles after WW2. At the heart of America’s attempts to be the first into space was the kidnapping of Wernher von Braun, the Nazi rocket expert, who eventually became director of NASA and constructed US ballistic missiles. It was also Germany who invented the worlds first fighter jet, the Messerschmitt Me 262, which became the blueprint for all post WW2 jets. Towards the end of WW2, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin said, “It is our inflexible purpose to destroy German militarism and Nazism and to ensure that Germany will never again be able to disturb the peace of the world. We are determined to disarm and disband all German armed forces; break up for all time the German General Staff, remove or destroy all German military equipment, eliminate or control all German industry that could be used for military production.” Germany today only has 247,000 troops, its military industry produces mainly armored vehicles, with submarines and warships. Germany has the ability to develop nuclear weapons very quickly if it desired, but lacks the political will or ambition. Whilst Germany’s military industry is behind the other world powers, Germany is still in a position where with the political will it can rapidly build upon its existing industrial base and challenge the US. However currently whilst Germany posses the ingredients to be a world power, it does not posses the key ingredient – political will.

Jamus ta yi ƙoƙarin zama ƙasa mai ƙarfi a duniya sau biyu. Ta cimma hakan ta hanyar bunƙasa masana'antu sosai, da kuma gina masana'antun soji cikin sauri da shirya yaƙi. A yau Jamus ƙasa ce mai ƙarfin tattalin arziki, wadda take fitar da kayayyaki da yawa; sai dai wannan bai fassaru zuwa tasiri a siyasance ba. Jamus, wadda koyaushe take fama da ƙarancin albarkatun ma'adinai, ta shawo kan wannan ta hanyar faɗaɗa iyaka da mamaye yankuna. Ba kamar Birtaniya da Faransa waɗanda ke amfani da Tarayyar Turai wajen cimma muradunsu ba, Jamus ba ta tsara manufofin da ke amfanar muradun Jamusawa ba, sai dai manufofinta na nufin ƙarfafa Turai. Har sai an samu wannan sauyi, Jamus za ta ƙara wadata ta hanyar ƙarfin tattalin arzikinta, amma ba za ta taɓa zama babbar ƙasa a duniya ba, kuma ba za ta taɓa kasancewa cikin yanayin da za ta kalubalanci Amurka ba. Jamus tana da masana'antu da suka kafu, wanda hakan ke ba ta fa'ida fiye da wasu ƙasashe masu yuwuwar kalubalantar Amurka. Haka kuma tana da tarihin zama ƙasa mai ƙarfi a duniya. Hakikanin siyasa da tattalin arziki duka suna cikin amfanin Jamus; Jamus kawai tana buƙatar fahimtar hakan.

Germany on two occasions embarked on becoming a world power. It achieved this thorough industrial development and through rapidly constructing its military industry and mobilising for war. Germany today represents an economic power, which has large exports; however this has not translated into political influence. Germany who has always had a shortage of mineral resources overcame this through expansion and annexation. Unlike Britain and France who use the European Union to further their own interests, Germany has not developed policies for German interests, but rather its policies are to strengthen Europe. Until this shift takes place Germany will increase its prosperity through its economic strength but will never be the world’s superpower and never be in a position to challenge the US. Germany has an established industry, which places it in a distinct advantage over some of the other potential challengers to the US. It also has a history of being a world power. The political and economic facts are all in Germany’s favour, Germany just needs to realise this.