Forecasting Costs of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Against a Major Nuclear Strike
What if all the technical issues involving U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) have been resolved, and it is operating with targeted effectiveness of more than 90%? Would building a BMD system to…
Germany in the Third Nuclear Age
In their article published in the journal Internationale Politik Quarterly, Dr. Tobias Fella and Lucian Bumeder outline the challenges Germany faces in a new nuclear age. The authors describe an…
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…
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 at ISA Annual Conference 2023
Survey experiments, increasingly popular in studying international politics, were highlighted in a dedicated panel at the recent International Studies Association (ISA) 2023 Annual Convention in…
IFSH Receives a 100,000 US Dollar Grant for a Research Project on Germany’s Politics on Nuclear Weapons
Recent years have seen a remarkable uptick in German nuclear debates – even before Russia’s renewed aggression against Ukraine. The spectrum of potential political options discussed ranges from a…