Activities

Towards a European Nuclear Deterrent

What could the future of European nuclear deterrence look like? In a new forum for the journal Survival on Global Politics  ...

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  ...

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  ...

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.  ...

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.  ...

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  ...