Publications

Dr. Claudia Major

Research Division: International Security
Deputy Head of Research Division

claudia.major(at)swp-berlin.org

phone:+49 30 88007-430

since 2010: Advisory Board for Civilian Crisis Prevention

2008-2009 Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

2007 European Union Institute for Security Studies, Paris

since 2006 Lecturer, Institut d'Etudes Politiques/Sciences Po Paris

2005-2007 Fellow of the European Foreign and Security Policy Studies Programme

2001-2003 Public Affairs, IPA Network Berlin

2000-2001 German Council on Foreign Relations; Berlin

Areas of Expertise:

Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP); military capability development (force generation, rapid response, logistics); EU-UN cooperation in military crisis management; civilian-military issues and comprehensive approaches to crisis management; French, British and German security and defence policies, GeoPolitics in the High North

Current focus:

Effects of the Lisbon Treaty on CSDP; military capabilities, EU Battlegroups; comprehensive approaches and integrated civ-mil capability development for crisis management; planning and command structures

SWP-Papers (selection):

with Florian Wassenberg

Warsaw's Ambitious CSDP Agenda

Polish Council Presidency Seeks Progress on Weimar Triangle Initiative

SWP Comments 2011/C 25, September 2011, 4 Pages

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with Elisabeth Schöndorf

Comprehensive Approaches to Crisis Management

Complex Crises Require Effective Coordination and Political Leadership

SWP Comments 2011/C 23, September 2011, 8 Pages

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with Christian Mölling

EU Battlegroups: What Contribution to European Defence?

Progress and Prospects of European Rapid Response Forces

SWP Research Paper 2011/RP 08, June 2011, 36 Pages

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A Civil-Military Headquarters for the EU

The Weimar Triangle Initiative Fuels the Current Debate

SWP Comments 2010/C 31, December 2010, 4 Pages

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Publications (selection):

A New Force to be reckoned with

What France and Germany should do to save European defense

in: IP Journal, German Council on Foreign Relations, 26. April 2012 (online)

with Luc van de Goor

How to make the comprehensive approach work

Preparation at home is key to effective crisis management in the field

CRU Policy Brief 21, March 2012

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with Martina Bail

Waiting for Soft Power

Why the EU Struggles with Civilian Crisis Management

in: Eva Gross, Daniel Hamilton, Claudia Major, Henning Riecke (eds.): Preventing Conflict, Managing Crisis. European and American Perspectives, Centre for Transatlantic Relations, Washington D.C., 2011, pp. 15-36.

with Christian Mölling

EU Military Capabilities - Some European Troops, but not yet a European Army

in: Ettore Greco, Nicoletta Pirozzi, Stefano Silvestri (eds.), EU Crisis Management: Institutions and Capabilities in the Making, IAI Quaderni English Series No. 19, Rome, November 2010, pp. 11-28

with Christian Mölling