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Assertion and “Culture of Restraint” Germany, reunified de facto fifteen years ago with the fall of the Berlin Wall, has become a fully sovereign subject of international law, with the Treaty of September, 12th 1990. Although this historical event has brought several geopolitical representations to re-emerge, in line with the “Sonderweg” (some suggested the Rapallo spectre), the formerly “late nation” now wants to be a “normal” nation, taking responsibilities within existing multilateral frameworks (UN, NATO, EU). Conceived to be the forward defense, the “nose on the Iron Curtain”, today the German army must be able to project forces and power “out and afar”. Still, the necessary refounding of the Bundeswehr struggles to follow the diplomatic normalization. The apathy of the economic growth and therefore of the budget resources, the permanence of the conscription, as well as a strategic culture, forgetful of historical legacy, burdens on the national assertion of the “new Germany” from a military point of view. Because of that, the geopolitical representations between France and Germany are somewhat jostled.