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New Publication: How do emotions shape our interpretation?
Dr. Sybille Reinke de BuitragoHow do emotions shape our interpretation? The contribution illustrates the interpretation of political cartoons, in particular the construction of the (threatening) other, and the role that emotions…
New publication: S+F. “Politics for Peace Today: The Demise of the Liberal Paradigm?”
Final conclusions on the IFSH Work Program 2013-2018The global power shifts challenge Western liberal democracies, the validity of their normative foundations, and their legitimacy as internal and external models of order like never before.…
The UN's Role in Cyber Security: IFSH and DGVN Joint Panel Discussion
Dr. Ulrich Kühn, Dr. Holger NiemannInternet censorship, hacker attacks and trolls on social media: the Internet has long been an important factor in international security policy. In 2011, Egypt temporarily had no Internet access – an…
New Publication: British Operations Among the People and Civilian Risk
Dr. habil. Cornelius FriesendorfDebates on military intervention and small wars often include the claim that soldiers should operate among civilians in order to avoid civilian casualties and to protect civilians against third-party…
Presentation of RISK Study at EDA
Dr. Wolfgang ZellnerOn 12 June, Dr Wolfgang Zellner (IFSH) presented together with Dr Marc Finaud (GCSP) and Dr Hajo Schmidt (HSFK) the so-called RISK Study* at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in…
Foto exhibition and talk series "Entering the Anthropocene"
Dr. Delf RotheThe Suwalki Corridor, a 65-kilometer-wide strip of territory linking Poland with Lithuania, is considered NATO's most vulnerable choke point along its eastern flank. In the event of a conflict, a…
Eurasia Peace Studies Exchange in Kyrgyzstan
Dr. Anna KreikemeyerSocietal peace formation builds on interpersonal exchange and open, committed discussions. Especially in times of populism, nationalism and authoritarianism, personal encounters between scholars and…
Eurasia Peace Studies Exchange in Kyrgyzstan
Dr. Anna KreikemeyerSocietal peace formation builds on interpersonal exchange and open, committed discussions. Especially in times of populism, nationalism and authoritarianism, personal encounters between scholars and…
Federal Government provides information on defence against cyberattacks -- IFSH cyberspace expert shares his view
Thomas ReinholdAt the request of the governmental party Die Linke, the Federal Government recently made public further details about defence against cyberattacks in general, as well as the co-operation of German…
Peace Report 2019 presented at the Federal Press Conference in Berlin
Subsequent presentation at the Federal Chancellery (including photo gallery)For months, teams of writers from the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC), the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), the Institute for Development and Peace (INEF) and the Institute…