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New Publication: OSCE Yearbook 2018
Ursel SchlichtingThe new OSCE Yearbook has been published. This time it focuses on the Western Balkans/South Eastern Europe. The Yearbook contains contributions on the prospects of EU accession for Albania and Serbia,…
IFSH experts at UN conference in Geneva
Dr. Christian Alwardt Dr. Neil RenicConsidered by some to be the third military revolution after the invention of gunpowder and the atomic bomb, autonomous weapons will be able to identify and destroy a target with the help of…
New IFSH Policy Brief
Thomas ReinholdInternet crime, espionage and military attacks from the internet present challenges for the security authorities. A new federal agency will play a central role here in the future. In our current…
New Publication: Radicalisation as a Political Narrative
Dr. Hendrik HegemannThe term "radicalisation" has become established in public discourse as a guiding concept to describe the background of "homemade terrorism" in liberal democracies. However, radicalisation is not only…
Security policy in “uncertain times”: Lectures in Münster
Dr. Hendrik Hegemann Prof. Dr. Götz Neuneck“Some of these answers would unsettle the population” - in autumn 2015, this statement by Thomas de Maizière made the headlines. The then Federal Minister of the Interior was answering the question as…
New Publication: Well-known and little understood. Martial arts groups in Timor-Leste
Dr. Janina PawelzStreet fights involving male youths are a long-standing global phenomenon. In Timor-Leste, rival martial arts groups (MAGs) are commonly linked to youth violence. They gained prominence during…
New Publication: Getting Deterrence Right on NATO’s Eastern Flank
Alexander GraefPoland will not get the "Fort Trump" it wanted. Nevertheless, an exclusive focus on deterrence in NATO-Russia relations risks
becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy that might bring about what it is…IFSH researchers’ views on the end of the INF treaty
One of the most significant disarmament agreements is now history: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) expired on 2 August 2019. The signing of the treaty in 1987 was considered…
Digital Fascism
Maik Fielitz und Holger MarcksHow can the phenomenon of digital fascism be grasped? What challenges does it have for the open society? IFSH experts Maik Fielitz and Holger Marcks discuss these questions in their working paper…
New publication: Europe and the INF crisis
Dr. Ulrich KühnEurope is facing a new debate about nuclear weapons. The crisis surrounding the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty forces NATO allies to reconsider military and arms control responses. In…