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Germany and Europe after the end of the Ukraine war: three scenarios
Since war tends to escalate to extremes due to its internal dynamics, it must be contained politically, with the aim of ending it as soon as possible and preventing it in the future. This is…
International perspectives on Active Cyber Defence and Arms Control
IFSH contribution to the German Forum on Security Policy 2024 (with video)As part of this year's German Forum on Security Policy at the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS), the IFSH Berlin office hosted an online discussion on cyber defence. Cyber security experts…
Berlin Office Welcomes International Diplomacy Course Participants
On May 16, the team from IFSH's Berlin office welcomed the participants of the Federal Foreign Office's international diplomacy course. Anja Dahlmann, head of the Berlin office, presented the work of…
Hamburg Europe Weeks 2024: IFSH Researcher Speaks on Right-Wing Extremism
Panel discussion at Hamburg City HallAt the beginning of May, the Hamburg parliamentary faction Bündnis 90/Die Grünen invited interested citizens to a panel discussion in the Kaisersaal of Hamburg City Hall. The topic: right-wing…
IFSH Takes Part in OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Event
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly is a forum for exchange among parliamentarians of the OSCE participating States. The Assembly also sends election observers to participating States. Since February…
Autonomous Weapon Systems: Webinar at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Where do we stand and where do we go from here? Under this guiding question, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) hosted a webinar on autonomous weapon systems (AWS) on…
Armed forces in the age of global environmental change
PhD Fellow Anselm Vogler published a new contribution in the New Security Beat blog. The blog entry outlines his recently published literature review on ecologically relevant military activities. This…
Former US Congressmen and -women visit IFSH
IFSH was one of the first stops on their trip to Germany: Six former American members of Congress learned about the work of the Hamburg Peace Research Institute and exchanged ideas with students of…
Presentation in Washington D.C.: International book project on Germany's nuclear weapons policy in the 21st century
On March 26, the anthology "Germany and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century: Atomic Zeitenwende", edited by Dr. Ulrich Kühn, was presented during a panel discussion at the Carnegie…
The Unintended Consequences of the 'Zeitenwende' - New Article for the IPS Journal
The German debate on how to deal with a revisionist Russia revolves around questions of how to better organise deterrence, defence and support for Ukraine. This is important to protect Ukraine and to…