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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,…
Video Online: "It's (not) rocket science" - rocket potentials explained in an understandable way
IFSH contribution to the German Forum on Security Policy 2023The use of missiles in military contexts, the entities they pose threats to, and the ways they can be averted or effectively controlled through arms control policies have been extensively discussed…
CORE participates in OSCE Parliamentary Assembly event
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) brings together members of parliament from all 57 OSCE participating States. From May 5 to May 7, 2023, the OSCE PA met in Berlin to discuss OSCE field…Tracking Climate Securitization: Framings of Climate Security by Civil and Defense Ministries
Anselm VoglerDefense ministries regularly refer to climate security in their strategy documents. Recently, “civil” ministries also begun mentioning climate security. However, they do not mean the same thing. In…
European Week in Hamburg: IFSH researcher discusses about Ukraine aid
The Russian attack on Ukraine has unleashed a weave of solidarity in Europe. Besides concrete humanitarian aid operation, many European cities cooperate with Ukrainian cities in order to help…
Can the European Union Tackle Afghanistan’s Crises?
Rahimullah KakarAfter the U.S.-led coalition, in which the EU was a significant partner, withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, the country entered another political vacuum. The currently fragile state of affairs in…