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Climate Change, Security Risks, and Violent Conflict
Prof. Dr. Michael BrzoskaCutting-edge research on security-related aspects of climate change has been conducted for more than a decade in the framework of the cluster of excellence on climate change research in Hamburg.…
Perceptions in the Euro - Atlantic: Policy Brief
Dr. Ulrich KühnThe risk of nuclear weapon use is increasing, mainly due to a renaissance of intense US-American and Russian strategic competition that we have not witnessed for a long time. In his Policy Brief for…
New Deep Cuts Issue Briefs out now
Lina-Marieke HilgertDeep Cuts Issue Brief #12
"Incorporating Missile Defense in Strategic Arms Control"
For some six decades, strategic ballistic missile defenses have played an integral role in the evolution of the…
Deep Cuts Briefing with former Deputy Secretary General of NATO Gottemoeller
Lina-Marieke HilgertNuclear arms control faces an uncertain future. The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty, New START, will expire in February 2021, unless Russia and the U.S. extend the accord. Looking beyond…
International Conference of the German Federal Foreign Office: IFSH organizes break-out session on Emerging Technologies
Dr. Alexander Graef, Dr. Moritz KüttTechnological progress in information technology and artificial intelligence not only fuels new developments for civilian purposes, it also has implications for military capabilities and international…
S+F 2/2020: Peacebreaker or Dealmaker? Four Years of US Security and Foreign Policy under President Trump
Dr. Patricia SchneiderDuring his campaign, President Donald Trump promised to “Make America Great Again.” Based on Trump’s view, what explains the American decline is a security and foreign policy created by the political…
Humanitarian Governance and the Digital Surveillance of Refugee Camps
Dr. Delf RotheHumanitarian actors increasingly rely on digital technologies - such as drones, satellites, or big data - for the monitoring of remote crisis areas. Government organizations such as UNHCR and…
First OSCE Insights paper - The OSCE in Central Asia: Debating Police-related Activities
"The OSCE in Central Asia: Debating Police-related Activities" by Dr habil. Cornelius Friesendorf, is the first paper in the OSCE Insights series. It calls for a debate on the effects of OSCE…
US Missile Defence Efforts and Chinas Reservations in East Asia
Dr. Christian AlwardtIn his latest publication in the academic journal Asian Affairs IFSH expert Christian Alwardt takes a look at US-American Missile Defence efforts in East Asia, which have been justified by referencing…
Building Peace from the Ground up in the Caucasus and Central Asia: International Online Workshop at IFSH
Dr. Anna KreikemeyerIn view of armed violence in Nagornyi Karabakh and political unrest in Kyrgyzstan, the question of the possibilities and limits of the local population to contribute to everyday conflict resolution is…