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Nuclear Injustice - Article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
The Russian attack on Ukraine put the nuclear order to the test. In February 2022, the world watched in horror as Russia attacked Ukraine. The West could not intervene because Russia threatened to…OSCE Insights: The OSCE in Crisis: Five Lessons from the League of Nations
Mette Eilstrup-SangiovanniDrawing on lessons from the League of Nations, Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni examines how the OSCE can respond to the challenges it has been facing to increase its resilience. Although the League was…
OSCE Insights: Ending Up Somewhere Else: The Need for Strategy in the OSCE
Walter KempIn his OSCE Insights contribution Walter Kemp examines past attempts to develop a strategy within the OSCE, focusing in particular on the Strategic Policy Support Unit (SPSU). He examines the reasons…
National Security Strategies and climate security in international comparison
IFSH Researcher Conference in CanberraGovernments and ministries worldwide publish security strategies to present their security policy assessments and measures. These documents refer in different ways to three basic questions of security…
New publication: What causes persistent problems in international peacebuilding?
Dr Karolina Kluczewska, Dr Anna KreikemeyerIt is well known that international organisations often face limitations in involving local populations in their peacebuilding and development interventions. This happens despite the "local turn" that…
New Research Report: Forecasting the future impact of emerging technologies on international stability and human security
New research project: Visual narratives of climate activists
What visual means do activists of the global climate movements Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion use to make climate change understandable and show that it poses a threat to human,…
Escape Game on EU’s role in peace and security policy
Kick-off for a joint project with Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-StiftungWhether it is the distribution of refugees, pandemic or Russia’s new course, the actors of the European Union are consistently facing new, global challenges. Due to that, the EU as a peace project and…
Berlin Office welcomes UN Disarmament Fellows
On 19 September, the Berlin Office welcomed 25 participants of this year's United Nation Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament and invited them to two round table talks. Anja Dahlmann, Head of the…
Lessons from Afghanistan: Director of IFSH appointed expert member of the Enquete Commission
On 19 September 2022, the Enquete Commission „Lesson from Afghanistan for a future network engagement of Germany“ was constituted in the presence of Bundestag President Bärbel Bas.
While a…