IFSH Scientist selected to support Scientific Advisory Group of Ban Treaty
In 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…
A Comprehensive View at Germany's Security
Event on the National Security Strategy at the Hamburg State Representation in Berlin.Turkey’s nuclear energy depends on Russia
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…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…