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DIANA – NATO’s Emerging Technology Center
Read moreIn their latest piece for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Dr Ulrich Kühn with his former IFSH colleagues Marina Favaro and Dr. Neil Renic, take a closer look at the Defence Innovation…
On the global visual politics of climate engineering
Read moreFor decades, interventions into the Earth system to prevent the most severe consequences of climate change were the stuff of science fiction novels or computer simulations. Meantime, however,…
IFSH Scientist selected to support Scientific Advisory Group of Ban Treaty
Read moreIn 2017, states negotiated the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (also called “Ban Treaty”). It entered into force in 2021 and prohibits 68 member states from producing, owning and using…
Cybersecurity: Global risks and new efforts in international cooperation
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Criminal cyber-attacks have become one of the greatest security threats, with potentially enormous economic as well as dramatic socio-political consequences. In order to contain these risks, UN…A Comprehensive View at Germany's Security
Event on the National Security Strategy at the Hamburg State Representation in Berlin.Read moreTurkey’s nuclear energy depends on Russia
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Turkey’s quest for nuclear energy is a long journey, which started in the 1950s and consisted of five failed attempts, before a last strategy shift in 2008. This allowed Turkey to sign a contract for…Four ways the Russia-Ukraine war could end
Read moreIn his latest op-ed for the British newspaper The Telegraph, Dr. Alexander Graef explains how the Ukrainian war might unfold. One year after the start of the war, he notes that some of his…
IFSH researcher as Helmut Schmidt Fellow in Washington DC
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Dr. Barbara Kunz has been awarded the Helmut Schmidt Fellowship of the German Marshall Fund and the ZEIT Foundation and will conduct research in Washington DC from March to July 2023. Focusing on the…Suspending Russia from the OSCE? Think twice
Read moreShould an international organization expel a state that violates fundamental principles of that organization? There is no easy answer to this question because expulsion can have both advantages and…
IFSH Press Release: One Year of War in the Ukraine
Read moreOne year ago, Russia started its war against Ukraine with massive attacks. The invasion of a sovereign state is not only a blatant breach of international law. It has also changed the European…