ANALISIS KEPUTUSAN JERMAN DALAM MENGIRIM MAIN BATTLE TANK (MBT) LEOPARD 2 KE UKRAINA

This research aims to analyze the reasons behind why Germany agreed to send arms aid Main Battle Tank (MBT) Leopard 2 to Ukraine. The decision to send Leopard 2 MBTs to Ukraine, which took months, has given a new color to the turning point in Germany's foreign policy orientation in the field of military security. The reason is that Germany has long adopted an attitude that tends towards pacifism and tightens its use of the military in other countries. Unlike the motive for the Leopard 2 assistance that Germany provided to Ukraine, several previous studies have shown that so far Germany's motive for transferring military equipment abroad has been based on selling or giving it to countries that are not in conflict with other countries. This research uses an explanatory - qualitative method with a case study approach and uses techniques library research in data collection. Using William D. Coplin's theory of decision making, this research produces findings that the reason Germany decided to agree to send Leopard 2 to Ukraine was because decision makers in Germany had been influenced by two main international contexts which then provided stimulation to German domestic political conditions and military economic conditions as a further consideration before finally making a decision in the form of agreement to send the Leopard 2 MBT to Ukraine.