In mid-March, the Bolivian academic Dr Leonardo D. Villafuerte-Philippsborn gave a lecture on epistemic justice at the IFSH in Hamburg. (c) IFSH
Award winner Christopher David (left) and IFSH researcher PD Dr Hendrik Hegemann are delighted to receive the award during a ceremony in Leipzig. (c) IFSH
The panelists and organisation team of the event from left to right: Philipp Metzler (Board member Point Alpha Stiftung), Lieutenant Colonel Thilo Geiger (IFSH), Michelle Rödel (Conference chairwoman of the Political Education Forum Thuringia, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung), Johannes Steger (Author "Deutschland im Ernstfall"). (c) Point Alpha Stiftung
The Konrad Adenauer Foundation university group exchanged views with IFSH experts on the challenges of European defense policy at the IFSH at the end of February. (c) IFSH
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
U.S. Vice President JD Vance during a visit to a U.S. militar base in Greenland in March 2025.
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(c) picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS | Jim Watson
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
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
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