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IFSH press release: 20 Years after 9/11, Anti-Terror Legislation Needs to Be Scrutinized
Following the attacks of 11 September 2001, Germany passed numerous new security laws: Air travel security checks were made more extensive, biometric data were added to identity documents, and the…Expert Briefing: Germany’s Commitment to Peace Following the Afghanistan Debacle
In the hours leading up to 1 September 2021, the last US soldier departed from Kabul airport. The emblematic photo was seen all around the world and marked the end of a nearly 20-year-long conflict…
IFSH press release: Lessons from Afghanistan - Independent Commission on the Future of German Peacekeeping Operations Is Necessary
The failed Afghanistan operation has shown that there is an urgent need to examine Germany’s involvement in peace and security – thoroughly, independently and with a focus on the future. IFSH…
Workshop on Democratic Security
Security is often seen as a problem for or even as opposed to democracy, for example through governmental prerogatives or discourses of existential threats. The widening and deepening of security as…
Video: Presentation of the project results and interactive website
Körber Strategic Stability Initiative - A joint project with the Körber FoundationHow can we prevent competition between great powers from escalating into open military conflict? In cooperation with the IFSH, the Körber Strategic Stability Initiative developed 19 policy…
New publication: Security, Peace, Conflict, and the Anthropocene
The new journal article by Dr Judith Nora Hardt analyses the connections between peace, conflict and security with the geological age of the Anthropocene. The author also examines the challenges…
The Deep Cuts Project introduces its new young commission
The global arms control architecture is crumbling, arms control treaties are eroding, and a new arms race is well underway – including nuclear modernization and armament. This is why the Deep Cuts…
Event Announcement: Europe can do more
Digital discussion event of the FES and the EKD Brussels Office on the occasion of the presentation of the Peace Report 2021.The European Union faces fundamental challenges in the area of foreign, security and defence policy. Relations with Russia have reached a new low. China is gaining ground in the game of the great…