Latest Publications

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.

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.

The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations

Sassan Gholiagha (ed.) et al., 11.12.2025.

Venezuela and the Folly of the US War on Drugs

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

A Three Body Problem: NATO, Russia and the Politics of Air Incursions

Alexander Graef, Olga Oliker, in: Deep Cuts Commission Issue Brief 20. December 2025.

Future Formats of Nuclear Arms Control

Tobias Fella, Noah Mayhew, Daria Selezneva, in: Deep Cuts Commission Issue Brief 19. December 2025.