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Canadian researchers visit the IFSH
Johanna PolleThe IFSH and the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (NPSIA) in Ottawa are currently establishing a close transatlantic research co-operation. The German and Canadian academics are jointly…
Germany and Canada as guarantors of a new world order? Joint event with the ZEIT Foundation
Johanna PolleThe basic values of the Western world are beginning to waver. It is not only China, Russia, Turkey and other authoritarian states that are challenging the Western model of government and economy, but…
Presentation of the RISK Report in Brussels
Dr. Wolfgang ZellnerThe RISK study "Reducing the Risks of Conventional Deterrence. Arms Control in the NATO-Russia Contact Zones" was presented on 16 October 2019 in Brussels by a number of its authors.
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New Publication: Risk Representations in the Arctic
Dr. Sybille Reinke de BuitragoIn her article, “Risk Representations and Confrontational Actions in the Arctic” for the Journal of Strategic Security, Sybille Reinke de Buitrago discusses the current developments in the Arctic. She…
New Publication: Ban Treaty
Dr. Moritz KüttTogether with Zia Mian, a researcher at the Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, Moritz Kütt published an article "Setting the Deadline for Nuclear Weapon Destruction under…
New Publication: Regional Conflicts
Dr. Ulrich KühnIn his latest publication “Regional Conflicts,” Dr. Ulrich Kühn, together with a select group of international researchers, focuses on the sub-regional conflicts in the post-Soviet space. Looking at…
Professor Dr. Götz Neuneck retires
Prof. Dr. Götz NeuneckThe IFSH’s disarmament expert Professor Dr Götz Neuneck has been received by both the former German Minister for Foreign Affairs Sigmar Gabriel and the Russian foreign minister Sergej Lawrow. Dr…
New Publication: Combining data on military demand and supply for arms production estimates
Prof. Dr. Michael BrzoskaCurrently there exist no data series comparing arms production values among countries. The article outlines three methods for generating such data series based largely on already available data series…
Discussing arms control and OSCE police-related activities in the United States
Dr. habil. Cornelius FriesendorfDuring a visit to the United States in September, Cornelius Friesendorf, Head of the Centre for OSCE Research (CORE) at IFSH and Coordinator of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic…
New Blog post: Autonomous Weapons Systems
Neil C. RenicThose wishing to control the spread and use of autonomous weapons systems generally favour pre-emptive regulation, either in the form of legally binding restrictions, or an outright prohibition. This…