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How We Became What We Are: 50 Years of the IFSH
A brief outline of the Institute's history"War is obviously rooted less (...) in the minds of individuals than in the orders and disorders of communities. Its causes are not only private but political, despite the respective war profiteers.…
Our MPS Programme: A Success Story
Dr. Patricia SchneiderThe year 2021 marks both the 50th anniversary of the IFSH and, in October, the 20th anniversary of the Master's programme in Peace and Security Studies (or MPS for short) as well!
In 2002, the IFSH…Back to the Future? The New Missile Crisis
Dr. Ulrich KühnIn his contribution peace researcher and head of the Arms Control and Emerging Technologies project at the IFSH, Ulrich Kühn, offers the reader a historical summary of the INF-Treaty up to the current…
Time for Big Picture Thinking
Dr. Barbara KunzIn her latest publication in the academic journal Internationale Politik Quarterly senior IFSH researcher Barbara Kunz analyses the progress of EU-NATO relations of the past decades. Cooperation…
New contributions in the "Russian Analytical Digest”
Dr. U. Kühn, Dr. A. Graef, Dr. O. MeierIn the latest issue of the academic journal russian analytical digest three IFSH peace researchers contributed new publications on strategic stability, the European arms control regime and a…
New S+F issue: The Logic of Peace – Concept, Practice, Criticism
Dr. Patricia SchneiderThe neologism “logic of peace” was created to counteract the replacement of the term “peace” by a broader term of “security” in scientific, political, and social discourses. Even in peace research,…
Winners of the OSCE-IFSH Essay Competition have been announced
Dr. habil. Cornelius Friesendorf, Dr. Ulrich Kühn, Elisabeth SuhThe jury has come to a decision:
- Benjamin Schaller (Germany, Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø),
- Naomi Egel (USA, Cornell University)
- and Anastasia Prokhorova (Russian Federation, Central…
Best Article: Prize 2019 goes to Dr Regina Heller
Dr. Regina HellerDr Regina Heller is awarded the Best Article Prize 2019 from the journal East European Politics for her article “From Community Politics to the Politicisation of Community: the role of identity in…
Gangs and Politics in Trinidad and Tobago
Dr. Janina PawelzCrime and murder rates have increased alarmingly in the Latin American and Caribbean region, something which is linked to gangs and organised crime. Scholars cite the lack of state presence and…