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Public Briefing: Whither New START?
Lina-Marieke HilgertWhat are the future prospects of the New START Treaty? Briefing on the 22 June Vienna nuclear arms control talks on
Friday, June 19, 2020
7:00 - 8:00 AM Washington, D.C.
1:00 - 2:00 PM Berlin, Vienna
…Presentation of the 2020 Peace Report
Prof. Dr. Ursula SchröderOn 16 June, the leading German peace research institutes presented their latest Peace Report at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin. In it, the institutes analyse the global security policy…
How (not) to stop the killer robots
Prof. Dr. Elvira Rosert, Dr. Frank SauerThe international community has been debating how to restrict the use of autonomy in weapon systems for years. In their article for the Contemporary Security Policy journal and blog, Elvira Rosert,…
German Politicians Renew Nuclear Basing Debate
Dr. Oliver MeierDiscussions are continuing in Germany about the future of NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements. The recent round of the debate was triggered by the push of the Ministry of Defense to reach a decision…
Issue Brief: Nuclear Weapons in Europe after the INF Treaty
Lina-Marieke HilgertThe Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty was rightly regarded as one of the most important nuclear disarmament agreements. By eliminating all ground-based intermediate- and shorter-range…
IFSH scientist becomes part of the Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA)
Dr. Alexander GraefDr. Alexander Graef has been accepted as a Fellow in the ACONA Program 2020-2021. ACONA is an international cooperation project for young professionals in the field of international security and arms…
Policy Brief: Climate Change, Natural Disasters and the Military
Prof. Dr. Michael Brzoska, Prof. Dr. Matt McDonaldMichael Brzoska from the IFSH Hamburg and Matt McDonald from the University of Queensland, Australia, explore in their Policy Brief for the Toda Peace Institute the role of the military in responding…
How to fix, preserve and strengthen the Open Skies Treaty?
Dr. Oliver MeierThe Deep Cuts Project cordially invites you to the following Zoom briefing:
After the Trump Administration's declared exit: How to fix, preserve and strengthen the Open Skies Treatyon
June 12,…
Asymmetric Killing: Risk Avoidance, Just War, and the Warrior Ethos
Dr. Neil Renic"Asymmetric Killing" offers an engaging and historically informed account of the moral challenge of radically asymmetric violence - warfare conducted by one party in the near-complete absence of…
Policy Brief on the Spectre of an Arms Race in the Western Balkans
Prof. Dr. Filip EjdusSecurity in the Western Balkans has recently deteriorated due to heightened geopolitical tensions, EU enlargement fatigue and democratic backsliding. Despite some positive developments, Bosnia and…