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Searched for: International Security

  • The Strait of Hormuz in Perspective: One Global Chokepoint, Multiple Vulnerabilities, Compounded Effects
    | 2026
    Birchinger, Sophia; Flamm, Patrick; Abb, Pascal; Al-Wally, Mariam; Driedger, Jonas J.; Kebede, Sandra; Koyier, Hilda; McKee, Sarah; Michelini, Sidney; Peters, Dirk; Sebgo, Jean-Baptiste; Simon, Hendrik; Standke-Erdmann, Madita; Stühlen, Christin; Trpkovic, Mina; Warnck, Skollan Elisabeth; Witt, Antonia; Xian, Yaolong (2026): The Strait of Hormuz in Perspective: One Global Chokepoint, Multiple Vulnerabilities, Compounded Effects, PRIF blog, Frankfurt/M..
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  • The verification of the dismantlement of South Africa’s nuclear weapons programme
    | 2026
    Möser, Robin E.; Stott, Noël; Buys, Andrè (2026): The verification of the dismantlement of South Africa’s nuclear weapons programme. Lessons for future unilateral or multilateral disarmament initiatives, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, published online. DOI: 10.1007/s42597-026-00165-w
  • Verification as socio-epistemic challenge: the case of nuclear archaeology for nuclear disarmament verification
    | 2026
    Kretzschmar, Sophie; Ostermann, Linda; Rademacher, Lukas (2026): Verification as socio-epistemic challenge: the case of nuclear archaeology for nuclear disarmament verification, Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktordnung.
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  • Disperse to Survive: The Logic of French Forward Deterrence
    | 2026
    Kuhn, Frank (2026): Disperse to Survive: The Logic of French Forward Deterrence , War on the Rocks.
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  • Subsea cables to Antarctica: Technological challenges and geopolitical implications of connecting the material internet’s last frontier
    | 2026
    Franken, Jonas; Flamm, Patrick; Reuter, Christian (2026): Subsea cables to Antarctica: Technological challenges and geopolitical implications of connecting the material internet’s last frontier, Telematics and Informatics Reports, 22: 100329. DOI: 10.1016/j.teler.2026.100329
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  • In Trümmern, aber tatsächlich zerstört? Eine Bestandsaufnahme des iranischen Nuklearprogramms
    | 2026
    Unruh, Fabian (2026): In Trümmern, aber tatsächlich zerstört? Eine Bestandsaufnahme des iranischen Nuklearprogramms, PRIF Blog.
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  • Blinded by the Zeitenwende
    | 2026
    Wisotzki, Simone; Mutschler, Max (2026): Blinded by the Zeitenwende. Rüstungs(export)politik falsch gemacht, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M.
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  • Jenseits der Zapfsäule: Wie der Krieg am Persischen Golf eine Energie- und Rohstoffkrise zugleich ist
    | 2026
    Flamm, Patrick; Wagner, Lukas (2026): Jenseits der Zapfsäule: Wie der Krieg am Persischen Golf eine Energie- und Rohstoffkrise zugleich ist , PRIF Blog.
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  • 25 Years of Women, Peace and Security
    | 2026
    Perras, Clara; Wisotzki, Simone (eds) (2026): 25 Years of Women, Peace and Security. Promises, Backlash, and Feminist Reimagining, PRIF Blog Series on Feminist Peace Research, Frankfurt/M. DOI: https://doi.org/10.48809/25wps
  • Attacking Iran Isn’t Just Illegal, it’s Illegitimate and Dangerous
    | 2026
    Michelini, Sidney (2026): Attacking Iran Isn’t Just Illegal, it’s Illegitimate and Dangerous, PRIF Blog.
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  • Peace and Security without Disarmament? Disarmament and Arms Control on the Margins of the WPS Agenda
    | 2026
    Hauschild, Anna; Menninger, Jennifer; Perras, Clara (2026): Peace and Security without Disarmament? Disarmament and Arms Control on the Margins of the WPS Agenda, PRIF Blog.
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  • Wie Deutschland die russische “Schattenflotte” ergreifen und die Internationale Ordnung mitgestalten kann
    | 2026
    Overfield, Cornell (2026): Wie Deutschland die russische “Schattenflotte” ergreifen und die Internationale Ordnung mitgestalten kann, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M.
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  • Nach Bürgerkriegen den Frieden wahren
    | 2026
    Gromes, Thorsten (2026): Nach Bürgerkriegen den Frieden wahren. Was verhindert den Rückfall in die Gewalt?, PRIF Spotlight, 2, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifspot2602
  • How Germany Can Act Against the „Shadow Fleet“ and Shape International Order
    | 2026
    Overfield, Cornell (2026): How Germany Can Act Against the „Shadow Fleet“ and Shape International Order, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M..
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  • 25 Years of Women, Peace and Security: Envisioning A Future by Centering on Hope
    | 2026
    Poddar, Diksha; Standtke-Erdmann, Madita (2026): 25 Years of Women, Peace and Security: Envisioning A Future by Centering on Hope, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M.
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  • The Women We Don’t See: Considering Intersectional and Decolonial Approaches in Ghana’s WPS Agenda
    | 2026
    Dankwa, Grace Akousa (2026): The Women We Don’t See: Considering Intersectional and Decolonial Approaches in Ghana’s WPS Agenda, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M.
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  • Wider Trumps Neo-Imperialen Griff nach Grönland: Europas Verantwortung und Chance
    | 2026
    Flamm, Patrick (2026): Wider Trumps Neo-Imperialen Griff nach Grönland: Europas Verantwortung und Chance, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M.
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  • Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse
    | 2026
    Tkocz, Maximilian; Herring, Rachel (2026): Ontological Nuisance in Elite Discourse. Foreign Policy and the Populist Radical Right in Germany, Global Studies Quarterly, 6: 1, ksaf124. DOI: 10.1093/isagsq/ksaf124
  • Everyday Resistance and (Violent) Backlash in Peacebuilding Challenge the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda
    | 2026
    Perras, Clara; Scheyer, Victoria; Wisotzki, Simone (2026): Everyday Resistance and (Violent) Backlash in Peacebuilding Challenge the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda, in: Björkdahl, Annika; Lorentzen, Jenny; Skjelsbæk, Inger (eds), Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. Contesting Gender Norms, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 79–97. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-10853-1_5
  • The New US National Security Strategy: A Blog Analysis and Commentaries
    | 2025
    Yaron Levy, Ilai; Wolff, Jonas; Fehl, Caroline; Hach, Sascha; Driedger, Jonas J.; Wisotzki, Simone; Kuhn, Frank (2025): The New US National Security Strategy: A Blog Analysis and Commentaries, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M.
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  • Disarmament dividend
    | 2025
    Möser, Robin (2025): Disarmament dividend, The new nuclear arms race, The New Internationalist: #559.
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  • Balancing Lethality and Restraint
    | 2025
    Kuhn, Frank (2025): Balancing Lethality and Restraint. How Targeting Matters for Escalation Management, in: Horschig, Doreen (eds), On the Horizon: A Collection of Papers from the Next Generation, Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 146–156.
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  • Resisting the Pushback: Worldwide Activism Against Femicide
    | 2025
    McKee, Sarah; Wisotzki, Simone (2025): Resisting the Pushback: Worldwide Activism Against Femicide, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt / M.
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  • Norm complexity and interactions: Surveying an emerging field
    | 2025
    Fehl, Caroline (2025): Norm complexity and interactions: Surveying an emerging field, in: Gholiagha, S.; Orchard, P.; Wiener, A. (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Norms Research in International Relations , Oxford: Oxford Univerity Press, 527–539.
    ISBN: 9780198915874
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  • Upholding the Ban: The Role of Courts in Enforcing Prohibitions on Biological and Chemical Weapons
    | 2025
    Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth (2025): Upholding the Ban: The Role of Courts in Enforcing Prohibitions on Biological and Chemical Weapons, PRIF Working Paper, 68, Frankfurt/M.
  • COP30 in Belém: Zwischen zivilgesellschaftlicher Erwartung und diplomatischer Stagnation
    | 2025
    Lasso Mena, V. (2025): COP30 in Belém: Zwischen zivilgesellschaftlicher Erwartung und diplomatischer Stagnation, PRIF Blog.
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  • Helga Haftendorn und die Theorie Internationaler Beziehungen
    | 2025
    Daase, Christopher (2025): Helga Haftendorn und die Theorie Internationaler Beziehungen. SYMPOSIUM In Gedenken an Helga Haftendorn, ZIB, 32: 2, 44–51. DOI: 10.5771/0946-7165-2025-2-44
    ISBN: 0946-7165
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  • Assessing Irresponsibility in Cyber Operations
    | 2025
    Herbig, Sven; Reinhold, Thomas (2025): Assessing Irresponsibility in Cyber Operations. A Guide for Operators and Decision-Makers in Times of Strategic Competition, interface.
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  • Africa’s disarmament experience holds lessons for a stalled nuclear debate
    | 2025
    Möser, Robin (2025): Africa’s disarmament experience holds lessons for a stalled nuclear debate, The Loop – ECPR’s Political Science Blog.
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  • Whose Peace? Which Security? Decolonizing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in India
    | 2025
    Prakash, Bulbul (2025): Whose Peace? Which Security? Decolonizing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in India, PRIF Blog, Frankfurt/M.
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  • New Realities of AI in Global Security
    | 2025
    Göttsche, Malte; Reis, Kadri; Daase, Christopher (Eds.) (2025): New Realities of AI in Global Security, CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control, 2025: PRIF – Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. DOI: 10.48809/cntr2025en
    ISBN: 978-3-911092-03-6
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  • Neue Realitäten in der globalen Sicherheit durch KI
    | 2025
    Göttsche, Malte; Reis, Kadri; Daase, Christopher (Hrsg.) (2025): Neue Realitäten in der globalen Sicherheit durch KI, CNTR Monitor – Technologie und Rüstungskontrolle, 2025: PRIF – Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung. DOI: 10.48809/cntr2025de
    ISBN: 978-3-911092-02-9
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  • Einführung: Wie die Materialisierung von KI globale Sicherheitsrisiken und Governance verändert
    | 2025
    Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (2025): Einführung: Wie die Materialisierung von KI globale Sicherheitsrisiken und Governance verändert, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), Neue Realitäten in der globalen Sicherheit durch KI. CNTR Monitor – Technologie und Rüstungskontrolle 2025.
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  • International Treaties and Instruments Related to the Governance of Biological and Chemical Weapons Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, and Dual-Use Risks
    | 2025
    Jakob, Una (2025): International Treaties and Instruments Related to the Governance of Biological and Chemical Weapons Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, and Dual-Use Risks, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Treaties and Instruments Related to Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
    | 2025
    McKee, Sarah; Rademacher, Lukas (2025): Treaties and Instruments Related to Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • AI in Verification
    | 2025
    Unruh, Fabian; Göttsche, Malte (2025): AI in Verification, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Self-Driving Laboratories
    | 2025
    García López, Carmen (2025): Self-Driving Laboratories, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • DNA Synthesis Screening
    | 2025
    Reis, Kadri (2025): DNA Synthesis Screening, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Advanced Reactors and International Security
    | 2025
    Schnellbach, Yan-Jie (2025): Advanced Reactors and International Security, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Navigating AI in a Geopolitical Innovation Race
    | 2025
    Schmid, Stefka; Reuter, Christian; Diehl, Carlo (2025): Navigating AI in a Geopolitical Innovation Race, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • AI in the Lab: The Future of Biological Design
    | 2025
    Reis, Kadri (2025): AI in the Lab: The Future of Biological Design, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, and the Chip Wars: Reviewing the Geopolitics of AI in the Military and in International Security
    | 2025
    Reinhold, Thomas (2025): Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, and the Chip Wars: Reviewing the Geopolitics of AI in the Military and in International Security, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • AI Developments in Chemistry
    | 2025
    García López, Carmen (2025): AI Developments in Chemistry, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Warfare at Machine Speed: The Growing Use of AI in the Military
    | 2025
    Schörnig, Niklas (2025): Warfare at Machine Speed: The Growing Use of AI in the Military, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Introduction: How the Materialization of AI is Reshaping Global Security Risks and Governance
    | 2025
    Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (2025): Introduction: How the Materialization of AI is Reshaping Global Security Risks and Governance, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Recent Developments in the Drone Sector
    | 2025
    Schörnig, Niklas (2025): Recent Developments in the Drone Sector, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), https://monitor.cntrarmscontrol.org/en/2025/recent-developments-in-the-drone-sector/.
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  • Technology Preferences of Five Western Style Democracies: An Analysis of Security Policy Technology Strategies
    | 2025
    Korkusuz, Abdullah Kasim; Reinhold, Thomas; Schörnig, Niklas; Suckau, Liska (2025): Technology Preferences of Five Western Style Democracies: An Analysis of Security Policy Technology Strategies, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Mirror Life and the Science of Chirality
    | 2025
    Reis, Kadri (2025): Mirror Life and the Science of Chirality, in: Daase, Christopher; Reis, Kadri; Göttsche, Malte (eds), New Realities of AI in Global Security. CNTR Monitor – Technology and Arms Control 2025.
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  • Technologiepräferenzen von fünf Demokratien westlichen Stils: Eine Analyse sicherheitspolitischer Technologiestrategien.
    | 2025
    Reinhold, T.; Schörnig, N.; Suckau, L.; Korkusuz, A. (2025): Technologiepräferenzen von fünf Demokratien westlichen Stils: Eine Analyse sicherheitspolitischer Technologiestrategien. , in: Göttsche, M.; Reis, K.; Daase, C. (eds), CNTR Monitor 2025 - Neue Realitäten in der globalen Sicherheit durch KI , Frankfurt/M., 89–99.
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  • Additive Manufacturing in the Military Technology Sector
    | 2025
    Suckau, Liska (2025): Additive Manufacturing in the Military Technology Sector. Application and Proliferation of an Emerged Technology, PRIF Report, 3, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/prifrep2503
    ISBN: 978-3-911092-04-3