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The IFSH researches the conditions of peace and security - globally, regionally and locally. We analyse the complex challenges of peace and security policy under fundamentally changing conditions from various specialist perspectives. We combine basic scientific research with analyses of current security policy events and offer practical recommendations for politics and society. Find more information about the institute here.

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Funding for New Research Group: Security in Times of Crisis

The German Research Foundation is funding a new research group at Universität Hamburg - University of Excellence. The interdisciplinary group is looking at how states and societies in Europe are renegotiating security and protection in times of crisis.

Security is a key promise and essential value of democratic states, but in times of multiple, global crises it is increasingly at risk. At the same time, old certainties about Europe’s peace and security in the face of ongoing war in Ukraine, the rapid rise of authoritarian forces, and increasingly dire ecological crises are beginning to crumble.

The Promise of Security in Catastrophic Times (Promise), an interdisciplinary research group…

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Dr. Tobias Fella
NATO
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Deterrence
Russia
Baltic Sea Region
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Missiles
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German Armed Forces
Dr. habil. Cornelius Friesendorf
European Security
German Policy towards Russia
OSCE
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Russia
Ukraine
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International Police Assistance
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Dr. Matthias Schulze
Cybersecurity
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Thilo Geiger
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Military Service & Compulsary Service
NATO
EU
European Security
Prof. Dr. Ursula Schröder
European Security
EU
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Dr. Sabine Mokry
China
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Dr. Ulrich Kühn
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NATO
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Dr. Regina Heller
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Dr. Anne Menzel
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Lucian Bumeder
Russia
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Tim Thies
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