From Nuclear Deterrence to Democratic Resilience: Towards a 21st Century Security Paradigm
Ulrich Kühn, Lukas Mengelkamp, Franziska Stärk et al. Policy Paper. London: LSE IDEAS. 24.10.2025
Dr. Ulrich Kühn
Head of the Research Area Arms Control and Emerging Technologies
Vita
Dr Ulrich Kühn is head of the research area Arms Control and Emerging Technologies and of the research and transfer project of the same name in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office. Before joining IFSH, he worked for the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg and for the Federal Foreign Office. He completed his dissertation in political science with “summa cum laude” at the University of Hamburg in 2015.
Research profile
- Nuclear weapons policies
- Conventional deterrence, defense, and arms control
- NATO and European security
- Ukraine War
- Security policies of China, Russia, and the United States
Memberships & professional activities
- Non-Resident Scholar, Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Member of the International Advisory Board, Peace Research Center Prague
- Member of the International Advisory Board, ERC Starting Grant “MICROCODE”
- Member of IFSH’s Extended Executive Board
- Head of IFSH’s Knowledge Transfer
Latest Publications
Selected Publications
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Kühn, Ulrich,
Heather Williams. 2025.
Governing the Impact of Emerging Technologies: Actors, Technologies, and Regulation.
Journal of Strategic Studies
48 (3): 559-570.
DOI: 10.1080/01402390.2025.2472213.
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Onderco, Michal,
Ulrich Kühn. 2025.
Organizing Nuclear Policies in Europe: Of Bricoleur Plurality, Architect Absence, and Spoiler Disruption.
International Politics
DOI: 10.1057/s41311-024-00640-2.
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Kühn, Ulrich. 2025.
The Fall Crisis of 2022: Why Did Russia Not Use Nuclear Arms?.
Defense & Security Analysis
41 (2): 280-300.
DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2024.2442794.
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Fayet, Héloïse,
Andrew Futter,
Ulrich Kühn. 2024.
Forum: Towards a European Nuclear Deterrent.
Survival
66 (5): 67-98.
DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2024.2403218.
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Kühn, Ulrich,
ed.
2024.
Germany and Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century. Atomic Zeitenwende?.
Routledge Global Security Studies. London: Routledge.
DOI: 10.4324/9781003341161.
