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The limits of Critique: Responses to the war against Ukraine from the Russian foreign policy expert community
In his article for the special forum “The responsibility to remain silent” in the Journal of International Relations and Development, Dr. Alexander Graef examines how Russian experts perceive the…
How to deal with Radical Islam: Conversation with the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Even twenty years after the terror attacks of 9/11, Islamist terrorism continues to pose a security risk. For three years, the IFSH researchers and their colleagues from the Peace Research Institute…
Blog article: Climate Change and National Security Strategies
This summer, which was globally as hot as no summer before, made many people immediately feel the impacts that the climate has on their safety. Additionally, military conflict results in ecological…New publication: The October Revolution in Kyrgyzstan
In October 2020, the world witnessed a third sudden change of power in Kyrgyzstan since the country's independence. In 2005, 2010 and 2020, repeated mass protests had led to the violent overthrow of…
Researcher Arzuu Sheranova teaches at a Summer School in Dresden
Dr. Arzuu Sheranova has participated as a lecturer in the summer school "The Struggle for Attention in the Public Sphere: A Perspective of Critical Phenomenology", which took place at the Institute…
Let’s play peacefully!
Grand finale: cooperation project “Peace Jam” was presented to the public at Millerntor Gallery in St. PauliConflict resolution on the PC or gambling for peace: That’s what “Peace Jam” is about. Students and lecturers of the programme Interactive Illustration and Games of the University of Applied Sciences…
Joint research project NEOVEX presents successful mid-term review
The research project Patterns and Dynamics of Conspiracy Theories and Far-Right Ideologies in Times of Crisis – NEOVEX has been running since January 2022. The project team analyses the transnational…Joint event with the ZEIT-Foundation: Different Approaches to the German “Zeitenwende”
IFSH Director discusses Peace Report with the Vice President of the BundestagRussia's war against Ukraine, pandemic, climate change and extreme weather events: More and more new crises are shaking societies around the world. At the same time, the number of violent conflicts is…
Strategic Stability in the 21st Century
Dr Ulrich Kühn et al.What is “Strategic Stability?” Is it still relevant, and what are its most serious challenges in the 21st century? These are the overarching questions in a new special issue, guest-edited by Dr.…
National Security Strategies and Climate Change
Anselm VoglerHow do other countries' national security strategies address climate change and environmental degradation? IFSH researcher Anselm Vogler has published a new peer-reviewed study on this question in the…