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New Project on Nuclear Warhead Authentication
In March 2021, a new research project started working on nuclear disarmament verification. The authentication of nuclear weapons ensures that an object is indeed a nuclear weapon. In this project, C…
Making the OSCE fit for purpose
A Contribution by former Secretary General Thomas Greminger to OSCE Insights.
From 2017 to 2020 Thomas Greminger was Secretary General of the OSCE. During his tenure he promoted the reform agenda “Fit for Purpose” with the aim of better equipping the OSCE for confronting the…Lecture about Germany´s nuclear politics since the Cold War
On April 13, 2021, Ulrich Kühn gave a lecture titled "Choosing the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella: Counterproductive Consequences of Germany's Love for the Status Quo" within the lecture series "IR Talks" at…ISA Annual Conference 2021
The team of the research area Arms Control and Emerging Technologies was again represented at the International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference 2021, from 6th to 9th April. The conference…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…