IFSH Researcher Speaks at Federal Foreign Office Conference
The Federal Foreign Office conference series “Capturing Technology - Rethinking Arms Control” took place this year under the title "Artificial Intelligence and Weapons of Mass Destruction". At the…
Germany's Atomic Zeitenwende
What is the current state of the German debate on nuclear deterrence? Can the balancing act between nuclear deterrence and disarmament succeed? And how can the gap between politics and science be…
Autonomous Weapon Systems: Webinar at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Where do we stand and where do we go from here? Under this guiding question, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) hosted a webinar on autonomous weapon systems (AWS) on…
Presentation in Washington D.C.: International book project on Germany's nuclear weapons policy in the 21st century
On March 26, the anthology "Germany and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century: Atomic Zeitenwende", edited by Dr. Ulrich Kühn, was presented during a panel discussion at the Carnegie…
The Unintended Consequences of the 'Zeitenwende' - New Article for the IPS Journal
The German debate on how to deal with a revisionist Russia revolves around questions of how to better organise deterrence, defence and support for Ukraine. This is important to protect Ukraine and to…
Behavioral Arms Control and East Asia
Amid escalating political and military tensions between China and the United States, there is a pressing need to explore innovative approaches. In their comment for the Journal for Peace and Nuclear…
Germany Debates Nuclear Weapons, Again. But Now it’s Different
Germany is once again debating nuclear deterrence. This has happened on various occasions before: in 2016 when Donald Trump came into office, in 2018 when Donald Trump almost wrecked the NATO summit,…
IFSH Researcher Joins International Advisory Board of the Peace Research Center Prague
Dr. Ulrich Kühn, head of the IFSH research area Arms Control and Emerging Technologies, was recently appointed to the newly founded International Advisory Board of the Peace Research Centre Prague…Presentation of Research Results at the UN Headquarters in New York
IFSH Researchers at the Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsReducing Tensions Over Nuclear Testing at Very Low Yield
In his new publication, Christopher Fichtlscherer examines the heightened tensions between nuclear powers in light of US suspicions that Russia and China may have breached their testing moratorium. He…