On 27 and 28 October 2011 the annual conference of WIFIS (Scientific Forum for International Security) took place in the Military Academy oft the German Armed Forces in Hamburg. The international meeting stood under the heading of “Europe as a global actor?”. The IFSH was represented by Dr. Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Head of ZEUS, who gave the introductuary presentation on “The CFSP/CSDP after Lisbon”.