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Talk at meeting of Baltic parliamentarians in Hamburg city hall
Established in 1991, the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference is a forum for political dialogue between representatives from national and regional parliaments in the Baltic region. In preparation for…
IFSH security experts speak at the German Bundestag
Conventional and nuclear arms and arms control in Central and Eastern Europe were the topics of discussion in the German Bundestag in mid-May. The Subcommittee for Disarmament, Arms Control and…
IFSH wins Federal Foreign Office funding for major project – launch event with Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) has succeeded in winning sponsorship from the Federal Foreign Office for a major project with funding worth…
New Publication: Study peace - and then what?
Since 2002, several courses of study in peace and conflict research have been created in Germany and Austria. These provide students with analytical and practical skills to qualify them for peace and…
S+F. Security and Peace, Issue 1/2019: Populism, Peace and Security
The democratic gains that were won since the fall of the wall 30 years ago increasingly make room for an exclusionary populism that is nativist, nationalist, and racist is gaining ground and…Lecture at the UN in Vienna: emerging technologies and their security aspects
At the invitation of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs in Vienna, IFSH disarmament expert Dr. Ulrich Kühn held a lecture on 9 May on the subject of emerging technologies and their impact on…
“Peace and Security Studies” Master's programme excursion to Vienna
One of the most important events in the “Peace and Security Studies” Master's programme is the excursion to Vienna, which ran from 8 to 12 April this year. The 29 participants had the opportunity to…
Can we still regulate emerging technologies? Opinion piece
Emerging technologies such as genetic engineering, robots and artificial intelligence can all be deployed militarily. In an opinion piece for the international discussion club Valdai, Dr. Ulrich Kühn…
New Journal Publication: Identity and Economic Co-operation in Eurasia
Dr. Regina HellerThe Role of Identity in the Eurasian Economic Union
This new journal article by Dr Regina Heller deals with the influence of identity on the economic co-operation behaviour of authoritarian states in…Deep Cuts Panel at UN Conference in New York City
On May 2 2019, the IFSH organized a panel discussion at the Preparatory Conference for the Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at Deutsches Haus, close to the UN headquarters in New York…