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Statement by the Deep Cuts Commission
The Deep Cuts Commission believes the United Kingdom’s new nuclear policies to increase the limit of its overall nuclear stockpile to 260 warheads and to make its nuclear posture more opaque…
Online Book Launch “International Relations in the Anthropocene”
On April 29, 2021 the textbook “International Relations in the Anthropocene: New Agendas, New Agencies and New Approaches”, edited by David Chandler, Franziska Müller and IFSH climate-expert Delf…
Knowledge Transfer “Made in Hamburg”
Dr. Ulrich Kühn“Speak truth to power!” This pithy phrase, which is used to encourage the listener to confront those in power with the truth, also neatly sums up both the goals and conflicting objectives of effective…
New IFSH Video on Autonomous Weapons
Drones and autonomous weapons - blessing or curse?The war in the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Autumn 2020 and the 2019 attack on an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia show that unmanned weapons systems such as drones are now being used deliberately to…
Submit your essay: Second edition of the successful OSCE-IFSH Essay Competition launched
Show your writing skills and share your policy proposals: How can conventional arms control be reinvigorated, how can confidence- and security-building measures be strengthened? Students and young…MPS students are honoured with Germany scholarships
Dr. Patricia SchneiderOn 18 February 2021, the University of Hamburg welcomed its Germany Scholarship holders at a digital 2021 award ceremony. Among the more than 200 participants of the ceremony were also the selected…
Apply now for the new year of Peace and Security Studies (M.A.) 2021/2022
Prof. Dr. Ursula Schröder (head) / Dr. Patricia Schneider (coordination)Are you interested in the connections between peace research and security policy? You want to learn more about strategies for avoiding or reducing violent conflicts and what conclusions politics…
Between rejection and accession: Germany and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Dr. Oliver MeierOn 22 January 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force. The 54 states parties are prohibited from possessing nuclear weapons as assisting nuclear weapons…
Baudissin's Legacy, Peace Research and the Bundeswehr
Prof. Frank ReininghausBaudissin: the name still resonates when considering the IFSH’s founding and its first dozen years. Who was Wolf Graf von Baudissin, or rather – to use his full title – who was retired Lieutenant…
Mikhail Gorbachev at the IFSH
Dr. Margret JohannsenMikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and pioneer of German reunification, celebrates his 90th birthday today, 2 March. Almost exactly 29 years ago he was a guest at IFSH. IFSH Senior…