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"Europe must become more capable of action"

Hamburg Speech on the Future of Europe with Paolo Gentiloni

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The New START arms control treaty is ending. Is a new nuclear arms race about to begin?

Interviews and other articles from our IFSH researchers about this topic

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance tour the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

From Venezuela to Greenland: The Consequences of US Hemispheric Policy

IFSH Brief Analysis by Tobias Fella, published 9 January 2026.

Venezuela and the Folly of the US War on Drugs

IFSH Brief Analysis by Cornelius Friesendorf, published Januar 5, 2026.

The IFSH embarks on a phase of strategic growth

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Hamburg Literature Award for IFSH’s everyday research partners

Book Presentation: Scientific Expertise and Political Power in Chinese Foreign Policy

Future Lab ‘The world I want to live in’

Understanding and Countering Hybrid Attacks: Thilo Geiger in Conversation with Guests at the HADLEY'S Evening Salon

Start of the Academic Year 2025/26: New Cohort Begins Peace and Security Studies

IFSH Director Prof. Dr Ursula Schröder Becomes Member of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities

International Scientific Cooperation in Disruptive Times: IFSH Director Speaks at Bucerius Law School Event

Funding for New Research Group: Security in Times of Crisis

Closer Cooperation with Harvard University

Pan-European Conference on International Relations 2025 in Bologna

Significant programme development by the IFSH

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50 Years of the Helsinki Final Act - Panel Discussion in Hamburg

"Co-Laborating for Change?": International Workshop on Participatory Peace Research in Hamburg

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The Helsinki Final Act at 50: Lessons for European Security

Germany‘s leading peace research institutes present their 2025 Peace Report

Kick-off event in Brussels for the European science network ‘PEACE Action’

China's military and nuclear armament: IFSH workshop at the Federal Academy for Security Policy

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Research and Transfer Project “Impact Hub” Explores Untapped Potential in Germany’s Integrated Peace Engagement

How Germany deals with Islamism - closing event of the KURI project in Berlin

Excluded from the Table? US-Russia Talks and the Future of Ukraine

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A New Home for ZeFKo

New Research Project on: Making Integrated Action for Peace More Successful

After the “eXit”: New Social Media Set-Up at IFSH

Hallucinations of AI, AI Ethics, Singularity, General-Purpose AI Model

Dr Mateusz Łabuz. In: Encyklopedia Bezpieczeństwa, Vol. 8, edited by O. Wasiuta, S. Wasiuta. Kraków: Libron. Published 2025.

IFSH Researchers Discuss Types of Victories

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The protagonists of the evening (from left to right): Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur (President Europa-Kolleg Hamburg, Scientific Director of the Hamburg-Vigoni Forum), Prof. Dr. Ursula Schröder (Director of the IFSH and Professor für Political Scienes at Universität Hamburg), Paolo Gentiloni (former Italian Prime Minister and European Commissioner for Economy), Liv Assmann (State Secretary and Plenipotentiary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to the Federation, to the European Union, and for Foreign Affairs), Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren (President of the Universität Hamburg), Luigi Mattiolo (President, German-Italian Center for European Dialogue Villa Vigoni) and Dr. Roberto Luppi (Employee of the Hamburg-Vigoni Forum) (c) UHH | Esfandiari

The Master's degree programme in Peace and Security Studies is run in cooperation with the Universität Hamburg. (c) UHH | von Wieding

Nuclear shelters were built during the height of the Cold War. (c) unsplash

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance tour the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

U.S. Vice President JD Vance during a visit to a U.S. militar base in Greenland in March 2025.
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US President Donald Trump watches Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's capture unfold in Washington, DC on January 3, 2026. (c) picture alliance / Anadolu | Donald Trump's Truth Social Account

The IFSH is about to grow strategically. © IFSH

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The award-winning “Girls from Jupiter” (from right to left): Julia Solovieva, Friederike Meltendorf, Nana Grinstein, Henrike Schmidt, and Nataliia Reznichenko (Julia Zeichenkind and Nadiia Humeniuk not pictured), as well as laudator and lecturer Katharina Gerhardt. (c) Thomas Panzau

The author, Dr. Sabine Mokry (on the left hand side), aims in her work to provide a nuanced insight into China’s foreign policy decision-making processes. Dr. Angela Stanzel from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs was invited as a guest expert. (c) IFSH

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Lieutenant Colonel (GS) Thilo Geiger in dialogue with Tina Heine, host and moderator of the event. (c) IFSH

A Master's degree in Peace and Security Studies is their goal: 24 young women and men are looking forward to studying at the IFSH. (c) IFSH

The new members of 2025 after the official ceremony (from left): Prof. Dr Chris Biemann, Prof. Dr Ursula Schröder, Academy President Prof. Dr Mojib Latif, Prof. Dr Inke R. König, Prof, Dr Ulrike Kornek. Absent is Prof. Dr Fabian H. Leendertz. © AdWHH I Jann Wilken

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Dr. Ulrich Kühn is head of the research area "Arms Control and Emerging Technologies". (c) IFSH

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Dr Delf Rothe (right), Senior Researcher in the research area "European Peace and security Order" at IFSH, played a key role in developing the conference programme. (c) IFSH

Prof. Dr. Ursula Schröder in conversation with PD Dr. Frank Sauer (Universität der Bundeswehr München). (c) Konrad Adenauer-Stiftung

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Presentation of the Peace Report 2025 in Berlin. (c) IFSH

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[Translate to English:] Der Einsatz in Afghanistan war der längste und verlustreichste Einsatz in der Geschichte der Bundeswehr. (c) dpa Picture Alliance | JOKER | Timo Vog

PD Dr Martin Kahl, long-standing head of a research area at IFSH, was one of the two coordinators of the joint project. (c) Ute Seitz

For 20 years, the Bundeswehr was deployed in Afghanistan, where it took part in the Resolute Support mission to train and support the Afghan security forces. (c) dpa Picture Alliance | Michael Kappler

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