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Are Germans Free-Riding on American Security?
A recent poll by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center suggests that Germans are free-riding on the U.S. ability to defend its NATO allies. The poll comes at a critical juncture as NATO allies intensely…
New Deep Cuts Issue Brief on Conventional Arms Control in Europe
This new Deep Cuts Issue Brief by Greg Govan (retired Brigadier General of the U.S. Army) asks a number of fundamental questions in relation to the core assumption that Europe still needs conventional…
How safe is the Silk Road? Central Asia, Afghanistan and their Neighbors in View of Regional and Global Challenges - New GIGA-IFSH Roundtable Series in Hamburg
For a long time, romantic impressions of the Silk Road determined the picture of Central Asia in Western perceptions. After the dissolution of the USSR, especially after 9/11, this vision of the five…
New Deep Cuts Issue Brief on U.S.-Russian Nuclear Security Cooperation
This Issue Brief by Nickolas Roth (Harvard University) describes how the United States and Russia arrived at this point. It highlights differences in how the United States and Russia approach nuclear…
Statement on the Conclusion of the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The 9th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)[1], which has taken place every five years since 1975, began, under a dark cloud, on 27 April 2015 at the UN Headquarters in New…
A signal to Russia: Ulrich Kühn on NATO’s exercises in northern Europe
A two-week NATO training exercise in northern Europe is now underway. Ulrich Kühn spoke with DW global about the purpose of the military drills, and their effect on relations with Russia.
"The European Peace and Security Order under Threat" at FES
On 4.-5. May 2015, the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation organized the conference „70/40/25 – The European Peace and Security Order under Threat – Open Space for a Progressive Peace Policy.” On that occasion…
Presentation of the 2nd Report of the Deep Cuts Commission in New York
On April 30, members of the Deep Cuts Commission met in New York at the side-lines of the NPT Review Conference for a public discussion focussing on the recommendations of the 2nd Report of the…
New Publication: Putting Security Governance to the Test
Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Hendrik Hegemann and Martin Kahl (Eds.). Putting Security Governance to the Test, London/New York: Routledge, 2015.
Role of the "Humanitarian Initiative" on the 2015 NPT Review Conference
On 21 April 2015, the Heinrich Böll Foundation and ICAN Germany organized a multistakeholder dialogue on the 2015 NPT Review Conference 'No chance for nuclear disarmament?" on which Katarzyna Kubiak…