Activities

Western weapons against Russian targets: On the risk of escalation in the Ukraine war

How might Russia react if Ukraine were to use Western long-range missiles against targets on Russian soil? In an interview with  ...

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  ...

How could a new peace order look like? A Podcast with Ulrich Kühn

Two and a half years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dr. Ulrich Kühn talks in the podcast “Die gute Gesellschaft”  ...

US Intermediate-Range Missiles in Germany: Article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

In their article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Dr. Alexander Graef and Tim Thies look at the implications of the planned deployment of US  ...

Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons

IFSH Discussion Event on the Sidelines of the NPT PrepCom in Geneva Will algorithms soon decide on the use of nuclear weapons?  ...

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  ...

Peace Report 2024: Rüstungsdynamiken / Aufrüstung einhegen

The global death toll from wars and conflicts is at an all-time high, while the fight against climate change, poverty and  ...

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  ...

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  ...

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.  ...