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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…
New Report of the Deep Cuts Commission Released
The Ukraine crisis and broader deterioration in West-Russia relations pose acute threats of unintended clashes between Russian and NATO military forces and continue to deflate hopes for significant…
Deep Cuts Commissioners Met in Washington
On March 25, Deep Cuts Commissioners met in Washington to discuss with civil society experts the likely recommendations of the upcoming 2nd Deep Cuts Report (to be released in April). The meeting was…
Interview with "Sputnik" on the war in Ukraine
In an interview with Russian state-owned Sputnik media, Ulrich Kühn describes several scenarios for the further development of the events in Ukraine and assessed prospects for the settlement of the…
New Publication: Trapped in Refuge: The Syrian Crisis in Jordan Worsens
Christiane Fröhlich and Matthew R. Stevens, "Trapped in Refuge: The Syrian Crisis in Jordan Worsens". Middle East Research and Information Project, March 2, 2015.
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Three Crises Threatening the European Security Architecture
Whether the new Minsk-2 ceasefire agreement will hold or not, the crisis in and over Ukraine will continue, Commissioner Kühn argues in this latest op-ed for the European Leadership Network (ELN).…
IFSH at ISA 2015 in New Orleans
Michael Brzoska, Katarzyna Kubiak and Ulrich Kühn participated in this year’s Annual Conference of the International Studies Association (ISA) in New Orleans. Michael Brzoska presented a paper…
ifsh news 107 (November-December 2014) published
Ifsh news (November-December 2014) have been published and are available for download.
Improve the nuclear test monitoring system
Ulrich Kühn and Michael Schöppner (formerly IFSH) plead to "Improve the nuclear test monitoring system". In their article for the web page of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists they suggest…
New Publication: Understanding Russia
Ulrich Kühn argues, contrary to many analysts, that Russia is continuing to pursue the same status-quo-orientated approach that it has followed since the end of the Cold War: resisting changes to the…