We are experiencing an epoch-making break with the past. The former rules-based international order is eroding as the basis for cooperation among nations. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the increasing pressure exerted by authoritarian regimes and actors with authoritarian tendencies, assorted global crises, and the aftereffects of the coronavirus pandemic all have acted as accelerants intensifying the drift toward a multipolar order with all of its attendant insecurities and untimeliness. Thus, it makes perfect sense that the more intensive interconnectedness of foreign, security, and development policies should provide a strategic triad for Germany’s relations with other countries. At the same time, international expectations concerning Germany are on the rise.