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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…
The role of alliances in shaping bilateral strategic partnerships among governments: An empirical analysis.
Ondrej RosendorfOndrej Rosendorf’s latest article in the Czech Journal of International Relations examines the rise of informal security cooperation and “strategic partnerships” as a foreign policy tool since the end…
Negotiating Fundamental Rights: Civil Society and the EU Regulation on Addressing the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Online
Reem AhmedAs part of its broader efforts to regulate platforms, the European Union adopted Regulation (EU) 2021/784 on addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online on 29 April 2021. The legislative…
IFSH Director comments on National Security Strategy
Public hearing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on 19 June 2023For the first time in history, Germany decided on a national security strategy. This strategy includes guidelines on how the government wants to counter all kind of internal and external threats to…
The Legacy Costs of Joining a Nuclear Alliance
Dr. Ulrich Kühn, Franziska StärkFocusing on the northern NATO accession debate, Franziska Stärk and Dr. Ulrich Kühn discuss the legacy costs faced by Finland and Sweden upon joining a nuclear alliance in a new article for the Baltic…
Workshops in Central Asia on OSCE field activities
How is the Russian war against Ukraine impacting Central Asian states and societies? How can the OSCE utilize its field operations in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,…