The Research Division International Security examines a wide range of security issues ranging from European and transatlantic security relations to global issues such as the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, arms control, the development of weapon technology and the arms industry, including defence cooperation and arms exports.
German Defense and Security Policy, Transatlantic Security Relationship – NATO, Defense and Security Policy of selected NATO partners, The United Nations and Conflict Resolution. His current focus lies on the political parameters of multinational military operations (Research Study).
Problems of pan-European security cooperation, the relation between NATO and Russia, unresolved territorial conflicts in Europe, the role of the OSCE for conflict prevention and the contribution of arms control for the European stability. Implications of new military technologies for strategies, international humanitarian law and humanitarian arms control.
Baltic countries, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), German armed forces (Bundeswehr), Defence and security policy / Armed forces, German defence and security policy
Arms control, Weapons of mass destruction / proliferation
Dissertation on negotiations between the USA and North Korea, phenomena and tactics in nuclear-related negotiations, cooperative security, security dilemma and Negative Security Assurances
Defence and security policy / Armed forces, German armed forces (Bundeswehr), Military operations abroad, Military technology, Weapons of mass destruction / proliferation
