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A Comprehensive View at Germany's Security
Event on the National Security Strategy at the Hamburg State Representation in Berlin.Turkey’s nuclear energy depends on Russia
Turkey’s quest for nuclear energy is a long journey, which started in the 1950s and consisted of five failed attempts, before a last strategy shift in 2008. This allowed Turkey to sign a contract for…Four ways the Russia-Ukraine war could end
In his latest op-ed for the British newspaper The Telegraph, Dr. Alexander Graef explains how the Ukrainian war might unfold. One year after the start of the war, he notes that some of his…
IFSH researcher as Helmut Schmidt Fellow in Washington DC
Dr. Barbara Kunz has been awarded the Helmut Schmidt Fellowship of the German Marshall Fund and the ZEIT Foundation and will conduct research in Washington DC from March to July 2023. Focusing on the…Suspending Russia from the OSCE? Think twice
Should an international organization expel a state that violates fundamental principles of that organization? There is no easy answer to this question because expulsion can have both advantages and…
IFSH Press Release: One Year of War in the Ukraine
One year ago, Russia started its war against Ukraine with massive attacks. The invasion of a sovereign state is not only a blatant breach of international law. It has also changed the European…
IFSH press release: Russia puts last major arms control treaty on ice
For now, Russia plans to suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty. This was announced by the Russian president Wladimir Putin in his speech to the nation, in which he blamed…
Meeting the Challenges of Security Sector Reform
Round Table with the Federal Foreign OfficeFor the second time, the German Federal Foreign Office and the IFSH’s Research and Knowledge Transfer Office Security Sector Reform (SSR Hub) hosted a round table on security sector reform. On 8…
OSCE Insights publications on OSCE’s vitality
Dr. Wolfgang Zellner, Prof. Andrei ZagorskiThe two new OSCE Insights publications by Andrei Zagorski and Wolfgang Zellner discuss ways to strengthen OSCE’s vitality. Zagorski explains how the CSCE survived thanks to what he calls asymmetric…
Cybersecurity and diplomacy
In his article for the journal Policy Design and Practice, Dr Mischa Hansel focusses on cybersecurity as an emerging field of public diplomacy. His study sheds light on the blame games between major…