Activities

Ulrich Kühn in the Media: European Nuclear Politics and the U.S. Attack on Iran

In an interview with ZDFheute, Ulrich Kühn analyzed the U.S. attack on Iran (Link). He spoke with the Europa-Journal about nuclear  ...

Weaponless Deterrence: Influence Without Arms?

In The Jervis Forum, Ulrich Kühn and Tristan Volpe review Matthew Fuhrmann’s latest book, “Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of  ...

Ulrich Kühn in the Media: Nuclear Weapons in Europe and Germany

Ulrich Kühn spoke with ORF about Europe’s approach to nuclear policy (link), with ZDFheute about Macron’s nuclear doctrine (link), and with  ...

A German Way of Deterrence?

Germany’s evolving deterrence posture could have unintended consequences, argues Ulrich Kühn in Global Policy. He proposes a novel arms control approach  ...

Ulrich Kühn in the Media: European Nuclear Umbrella and Arms Trade

Ulrich Kühn spoke with ZDFheute about the prospects of a European nuclear umbrella (link). He gave an interview to the Süddeutsche  ...

The New START Arms Control Treaty Is Ending. Is a New Nuclear Arms Race About to Begin?

The last remaining agreement between the US and Russia to control the disarmament of both countries’ nuclear arsenals has expired. The  ...

The US National Defense Strategy and Its Implications for Europe

The new U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS) sets clear priorities. But what does this mean for Europe? Together with Frank Kuhn  ...

New Team Member in the IFSH Berlin Office

Since January 2026, Tristan Volpe has joined the project team in the IFSH Berlin office as a Research Associate. He is  ...

Ulrich Kühn in the Media: Global Armament

Ulrich Kühn spoke with web.de (link) and taz (link) about global armament dynamics.  ...

How Publicly Available Technology Supports Nuclear Transparency

In a world filled with hostile nuclear rhetoric and coercion, publicly available emerging technologies can help guard against nuclear escalation, argues  ...