Claudia Major is a security policy research group head at the Science and Politics Foundation (SWP) She is a member of the Advisory Board for Civilian Crisis Prevention at the Federal Foreign Office. Major draws parallels between the current geopolitical situation and historical events that shaped Europe's security architecture.

She emphasizes that today's challenges require a unified European response and warns against taking US political and military support for granted. Why should NATO’s Western allies be concerned about global stability? Why are Germany's special assets not sufficient for the Bundeswehr?