Perspectives of Arms Control

Clara Perras’ doctoral pro­ject analyzes the different gender dimensions of international cybersecurity and the potential of feminist foreign policy for arms con­trol in cyberspace. The project examines the field of inter­national cyber security from an intersectional feminist perspective and attempts to draw practical con­clusions for a cooperative and peaceful cyber security policy and arms con­trol.

Based on new historical findings and sources, Frank Kuhn’s doc­toral project examines the role that strategic stability played in the United States’ nuclear arms con­trol policy during the Cold War. In parti­cular, the project aims to identify new approaches for future arms con­trol negotiations and a restart of nuclear arms con­trol.

Against the background of a radi­calization of group positions within the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Jana Baldus analyzed the influence of group identities on nu­clear arms control and disarmament.

Sascha Hach analyzed how the Nuclear Non-Proliferation regime re­produces a post-colonial order. He was particularly interested in how con­testation of this order is developing and what prospects exist for a new, multilateral nu­clear order. 

In the field of new military technolo­gies, Anna-Katharina Ferl addressed the question of how know­ledge and practice of arms control can have a pre­ventive effect on the develop­ment of new weapons systems, in parti­cular Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS).

In a comparative study of African states, Matthias Schwarz asked which structural con­ditions facilitate intransparency and corruption in arms trade. Specifi­cally, he analyses the influence of politico-eco­nomic factors on compliance with re­gional and global arms control agreements.