A turning point in Germany. The EU is coming together in a unity rarely seen before. NATO shows its teeth. Putin's invasion of Ukraine is changing Europe. Everything suddenly has to be rethought and aligned with new realities. Economic policy, energy policy, security policy. 

In Ukraine - as in Georgia and Syria - Putin's soldiers have not been given the opportunity for heroic deeds, not for glory and honour on the battlefield. Soldierly virtues no longer apply where war is waged against cities and civilians, where war crimes become a strategy. Where a far superior NATO has to stand by and watch, because the consequences of intervention could foreseeably lead to an even greater catastrophe. Suddenly, after 31 years, the fear of nuclear war is back. Whatever a new European security architecture post bellum will look like, the peace dividend of the nineties and noughties has been used up. You have to be able to "fight in order not to have to fight". Deterrence must be credible. This also and especially applies to nuclear deterrence. A clear commitment to nuclear sharing is also part of the German turnaround package.