IFSH researcher as Helmut Schmidt Fellow in Washington DC
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…IFSH press release: Russia puts last major arms control treaty on ice
For now, Russia plans to suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty. This was announced by the Russian president Wladimir Putin in his speech to the nation, in which he blamed…
International Authors' Workshop in Hamburg
From 7 to 8 February, the authors' workshop of the project Germany and the Politics of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century: Resisting Change? took place in Hamburg. The group of internationally…Guidelines for a research agenda on nuclear injustice
Roundtable in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists„Nuclear weapons are to global security what fossil fuels are to a green economy: a costly legacy of past generations thwarting justice and sustainability efforts in the long-term,“ argued IFSH…
Major success for Hamburg's arms control research
The team of the Research and Transfer Project Arms Control and Emerging Technologies was able to convince the Federal Foreign Office with the project results following four years of project duration…
IFSH Researcher gives Key Note Address at Open World Conference 2022
On November 10 and 11 2022, the Niels-Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen organized the fourth Open World Conference. Under the heading “Open Science and Global Dangers" the organizers…
Indo-Pacific Policy
Discussion round of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea and the Helmut Schmidt University in HamburgThe government in Seoul has been keeping a close eye on international security policy developments – not just since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For a long time now, the South Koreans have been…
Berlin Office Hosts Briefing on Effects of Nuclear Weapons
Since the beginning of the attack on Ukraine, Russian President Putin has repeatedly threatened to use nuclear weapons, triggering the discussion on so-called tactical or "small" nuclear weapons.…
The Case of Zaporizhzhia: Making International Nuclear Safety and Security Fit for Conflict
IFSH Brief analysis by Maria Kurando"The situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant illustrates the insufficiency of international nuclear safety and security mechanisms in the face of threats from state actors." (Maria Kurando…