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Seminar on dual-use technology transfers
On June 16-17, IFSH organized an international conference at the representation of the city of Hamburg in Berlin, titled “Between Control and Cooperation: Dual-use, technology transfers and the…
IFAR Workingpaper 16 and 17 published
Katarzyna Kuiak, CTBT HOLD-OUT STATES - Why did „the longest sought, hardest fought prize in arms control history” still not enter into force?, WP 16.
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Christian Alwardt, Wasser…Workshop on “Arms Race in Cyberspace?”
On June 24, the Research Association for Science, Disarmament and International Security (FONAS) and the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) organized…
Reshaping towards covered operations and extrajudicial killing
12.05.2011
The method of Osama bin Laden’s killing confirms a development in the US counter-terrorism approach that could be called the “Obama doctrine”. This doctrine increasingly focuses on covert…Discussing Concepts of Terrorist Rationality
Eric van Um
Discussing Concepts of Terrorist Rationality: Implications for Counterterrorism Policy, in: Defence and Peace Economics 22(2), 2011, S. 161-179.
Der Nahost-Konflikt
Margret Johannsen
Der Nahost-Konflikt 3., akt. Auflage, VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2011.
Notions of (in)security within the EU
Regina Heller
Notions of (in)security within the EU. How European policy-makers view the sources and costs of terrorism and organised crime, in: Defence and Peace Economics 22(2), 2011, S.…
In the Middle of Nowhere – The OSCE’s Astana Summit
The OSCE’s first Summit since eleven yearsend s with a bitter taste of realpolitical disillusionment. Frankly speaking, none of the pressing issues on the Organization’s agenda was successfully dealt…
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: political and ethical dilemmas
18.01.2010
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg has clarified a bit of the German debate when he characterised the Afghanistan conflict as a “non-international armed conflict”. Indeed, it is a warlike…
Key Challenges for European Policy: The Case of Palestine
Like may of today’s asymmetrical wars, the violent conflict between Israel and the Palestinians will not be resolved by military means. In this case, victory for one side and defeat for the other are…