Latest Publications

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New Book from IFSH Cybersecurity Expert

Łabuz, Mateusz. 2026. Before Your Era. Humans in a synthetic world of deepfakes, ChatGPT and artificial intelligence. Poznań: Filia.

Tinkering With the Planet: The Contested Imaginaries of a Digital Twin Earth

Delf Rothe, in: Contested Imaginaries of Future Technologies, 13.05.2026.

Are Softfakes Really “Soft”?

Mateusz Labuz et al, in: International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society, 06.05.2026.

Dual-Use of Biotechnology, Biodefense, and Challenges to the Future Verification of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Alexander Kelle, Malcolm R. Dando (259-278), in: 50 Years of the Biological Weapons Convention. Past, Present and Future. 2026.

Linkages between Domestic Society and Foreign Policy in Personalistic Autocracies

Sabine Mokry et al, in: Global Studies Quarterly, 22.04.2026.

The internationalization of intrastate conflict: A network perspective on empirical evidence and theoretical explanations

Schissler, F., Pfeifer, H., Ruhe, C., Schwab, R., & Wolff, J., in: Cooperation and Conflict, 0(0), 01.04.2026.

Allied commitments and public support for military interventions: A cross-national experiment

Smetana, M., Vranka, M., & Rosendorf, O, in: Research & Politics, 13(2). 01.04.2026.

Toward Transparency of Synthetic Media: EU Regulatory Perspective and Its Implications

Mateusz Labuz, in: Handbook of AI-based Media Disruption, 01.04.2026.

Climate no future? Picturing imaginaries of climate activists between hope and violence

Delf Rothe, David Shim, in: Media, War and Conflict, 13.03.2026.

Taking the Pulse: Is France’s New Nuclear Doctrine Ambitious Enough?

Ulrich Kühn et al, in: STRATEGIC EUROPE, 12.03.2026

The fall crisis: a timeline of events

Philipp Fischer and Ulrich Kühn, in: Defense & Security Analysis, 4.3.2026.
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New contributions to OSCE Insights

Security ties between autocracies: Insights into authoritarian alignment through the case of China

Sabine Mokry, in: European Journal of International Security, 02.03.2026.

Beyond Manoeuvre Theory for European Defence

Lukas Mengelkamp, Sam Vincent, in: Global Policy, 23.02.2026.

The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence

Ulrich Kühn, in: Global Policy, 14.01.2026.

Preserving the Moratorium on Explosive Nuclear Weapons testing

Lynn Rusten, in: Deep Cuts Issue Brief, 20.02.2026.

Biodefence as a challenge to the global norms against biological and toxin weapons: five problems and a potential solution

Alexander Kelle, M.R. Dando, in: Defense & Security Analysis, 1–19. 2026.

Weaponising Minds. AI, Cyber and Information Warfare in Cognitive Activities

Mateusz Łabuz & Bhairabi Kashyap Deka, in: Report of Future Shift Labs. 2026.

The Evolution of Domestic Public Diplomacy in Germany: Engaging the ‘Public’ at Home on Foreign and Security Policy Since 1990

Hanna Pfeifer et al, in: Home Engagement in Diplomacy, 05.02.2026.
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How to Prevent Civil War Recurrence: Learning from Failure

Argyro Kartsonaki et al (Oxford, 2026; online edn, Oxford Academic, 9 Feb. 2026)

China’s Expanding Arms Control Agenda and East Asian Security

Dr. Sabine Mokry, in: Policy Brief No.273, Toda Peace Institute, 10.02.2026.

Governing threats through ambiguity: the construction of the dangerous person in the German parliamentary discourse

Reem Ahmed, Isabelle Stephanblome, in: Critical Studies on Terrorism, 19.1.2026.

New START Expires: What Happens Next?

Dr. Ulrich Kühn et al, in: Belfer Center's Quick Take, 04.02.2026.

New START’s Expiration and the Need for Continued Nuclear Restraint

Deep Cuts Commission Statement, 03.02.2026.

Mind over Metal: Public Opinion on Autonomous Weapons in the United States, Brazil, Germany, and China

Ondřej Rosendorf, Anja Dahlmann et al, in: International Studies Quarterly, 02.02.2026.

The Internationalization of Armed Intrastate Conflict: A Systematic Assessment of the State of Research, Data, and Explanations

Hanna Pfeifer et al, in: TraCe Working Paper No. 7. 2026.

Gain-of-function virology as dual-use research of concern: Variations of securitization in the United States

Alexander Kelle, Malcolm Dando, in: Politics and the Life Sciences, 30.01.2026

New START, old risks

Philipp Fischer and Tim Thies, in: IPG-Journal, 27.1.2026

Societal peacemaking in customary contexts in Central Eurasia

Anna Kreikemeyer, Mariam Darchiashvili, Arzuu Sheranova, in: Peacebuilding, 19.01.2026.
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.