Germany and integration

Germany is, in my opinion, one of the most thoughtful and active members of the UN. In fact, just recently, the country won one of the rotating seats on the Security Council and signed a cultural relations pact with India. With its economic leadership and truly introspective foreign policy (it once opened debate on whether or not its troops should use force if sent for peace keeping missions), Germany can be considered the "model" member. If you are a savvy reader, you know that the other shoe is about to drop. Chancellor Merkel claimed the multicultural experiment, that is Germany, has utterly failed. I know a little bit about the political discord that has been brewing between Germans and Turkish immigrants. I also understand it takes a bit of a leap to use domestic framework as a way of measuring future foreign policy. But, I cannot help but ask whether or not a country's internal politics can sharply transform its foreign politics. The debate surrounding "non-integrating" Muslims (see: mostly Turks) has been ongoing and existing concurrently with Germany's remarkable activity in the UN. This brings us back to the Sovereignty-Unity balance within the UN.

Do you believe that domestic and foreign policy can be philosophically exclusive?