International Security

Research

Sven Arnold, M.A.

Visiting Fellow

sven.arnold@swp-berlin.org
Major i.G. (OF-3) Torben Arnold, M.Sc.

Visiting Fellow

torben.arnold@swp-berlin.org
Jakob Bund

Associate

jakob.bund@swp-berlin.org
Dr. Pia Fuhrhop

Associate

pia.fuhrhop@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 321
Areas of Expertise
- Security and defence policy
- Europe
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Defence industry and procurement
- Military technology
Dr. Liviu Horovitz

Associate

Liviu.Horovitz@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Security and defence policy
- Arms control
- Nato
- Transatlantic relations
- Weapons of mass destruction / proliferation
PD Dr. habil. Markus Kaim

Senior Fellow

markus.kaim@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 294
Areas of Expertise
- Afghanistan
- Canada
- Crisis management
- Euro-Atlantic security
- German defence and security policy
- Military operations abroad
- Nato
- Transatlantic relations
- UN missions
Major i.G. (OF-3) Aldo Kleemann, M.A.

Visiting Fellow

aldo.kleemann@swp-berlin.org
Dr. Michael Paul

Senior Fellow

michael.paul@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Arctic
- China
- Indo-Pacific
- Russian Federation
- Ukraine
- United States
- Arms control
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Maritime security
- Nato
Colonel (ret.) Wolfgang Richter

Senior Associate

wolfgang.richter@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 225
Areas of Expertise
- Eastern Europe
- Georgia
- Russian Federation
- Southern Caucasus
- Arms control
- Conflict prevention
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- International law
- Nato
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- Regional and interstate conflicts
Dr. Jonas Schneider

Associate

jonas.schneider@swp-berlin.org
Commander Göran Swistek, M.A.

Visiting Fellow

goeran.swistek@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Security and defence policy
- Baltic countries
- Baltic region
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- German armed forces (Bundeswehr)
- Maritime security
- Nato
Dr. Judith Vorrath

Senior Associate

judith.vorrath@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Civil wars
- Fragile states
- Organized crime
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
Lydia Wachs, M.A.

Associate

lydia.wachs@swp-berlin.org
Areas of Expertise
- Digitalisation, cyber, technology
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Security and defence policy
- Arms control
- Weapons of mass destruction / proliferation

Research Support

Anna Clara Arndt, M.Sc.

Research Assistant

Anna_Clara.Arndt@swp-berlin.org
Emma Plate

Student Assistant

emma.plate@swp-berlin.org
Dieter Ziß, M.A.

Information Research Specialist

dieter.ziss@swp-berlin.org
phone:+49 30 88007- 305
Camille Borrett, M.A.

Data Analyst

camille.borrett@swp-berlin.org
Judith Köhler, Dipl.-Sow.

Information Manager

judith.koehler@swp-berlin.org
Torsten Schütz, Dipl.-Soz., Wiss. Dok.

Information Manager

torsten.schuetz@swp-berlin.org

SWP Publications

- Lydia Wachs
The Role of Nuclear Weapons in Russia’s Strategic Deterrence
- German
Implications for European security and nuclear arms control

SWP Comment 2022/C 68, 25.11.2022, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C68
- Torben Arnold
Europäische Luftverteidigung unter deutscher Führung

Mit der European Sky Shield Initiative wollen 15 europäische Staaten die gemeinsame Luftverteidigung verbessern. Deutschland steht in seiner Führungsrolle bei dem Projekt vor gewaltigen Herausforderungen, meint Torben Arnold.

Kurz gesagt, 21.11.2022
- Jonas Schneider
- Liviu Horovitz
Nach der Überprüfungskonferenz: Der NPT bleibt stabil

SWP-Aktuell 2022/A 69, 04.11.2022, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022A69
- Judith Vorrath
Neue UN-Sanktionen zu Haiti: worauf es jetzt ankommt

Der UN-Sicherheitsrat hat aufgrund der erodierenden Sicherheitslage in Haiti Sanktionen verhängt. Sie richten sich besonders gegen kriminelle Akteure und ihre Finanziers. Ob sie eine Wirkung erzielen können, hängt wesentlich von drei Faktoren ab, meint Judith Vorrath.

Kurz gesagt, 27.10.2022
- Liviu Horovitz
- Anna Clara Arndt
Russia’s Catch-all Nuclear Rhetoric in Its War against Ukraine
- German
A balancing act between deterrence, dissuasion, and compellence strategies

SWP Comment 2022/C 60, 19.10.2022, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022C60
- Liviu Horovitz
- Anna Clara Arndt
Russlands diffuse Nuklearrhetorik im Krieg gegen die Ukraine
- English
Ein strategischer Balanceakt zwischen Abschreckung und Erpressung

SWP-Aktuell 2022/A 63, 19.10.2022, 4 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022A63

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External publications

- Lydia Wachs
Germany Must Adapt Its Mindset on Nuclear Weapons

In: 49security, 25.11.2022 (online)
In der nuklearen Zwickmühle

Russlands Atomdrohungen zwingen den Westen in einen unbehaglichen Balanceakt

Gastbeitrag, in: Der Tagesspiegel, 14.11.2022 (online)
- Markus Kaim
Deutschlands Außenpolitik: »Führung setzt strategische Kaltblütigkeit voraus«

Interview von Max Haerder, in: Wirtschaftswoche, 14.11.2022
- Claudia Major
Nach Abzug aus Cherson: Russland hat Ziele »nicht verändert«

Interview von Marietta Slomka, in: ZDF heute-journal, 11.11.2022
The Nuclear Trilemma in Ukraine

in: Internationale Politik Quarterly, 09.11.2022 (online)
- Anna Clara Arndt
Deutliche Botschaft

Das neue Strategische Konzept der NATO

in: Die Politische Meinung, Nr. 576, 67. Jg., September/Oktober 2022, S.38-42

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Projects

In this project, initiated in 1993 as “Ebenhausen Dialogue”, the General Inspector of the German Bundeswehr invites annually a group of high-ranking military leaders to discuss current topics of foreign and international security policy. The dialogue aims to facilitate a critical exchange of views. Temporarily there were up to three seminars: Dialogue with the Russian Federation (1993-2013), Dialogue with Russian Field Officers (2001-2009), and the ongoing Dialogue with Ukraine (since 1995).
Geostrategic changes and the deterioration of the German and European security environment over the last decade pose new challenges for Germany's security and defence policy. In the context of Sino-American rivalry and the question of Europe's capacity to act, expectations are growing, including among many partners, for Germany to become more involved and take on more concrete responsibility in the field of security and defence policy.

SWP Armed Forces Dialogue

In this project, initiated in 1993 as “Ebenhausen Dialogue”, the General Inspector of the German Bundeswehr invites annually a group of high-ranking military leaders to discuss current topics of foreign and international security policy. The dialogue aims to facilitate a critical exchange of views. Temporarily there were up to three seminars: Dialogue with the Russian Federation (1993-2013), Dialogue with Russian Field Officers (2001-2009), and the ongoing Dialogue with Ukraine (since 1995).
Strategic Threat Analysis and Nuclear (Dis-)Order (STAND)

Geostrategic changes and the deterioration of the German and European security environment over the last decade pose new challenges for Germany's security and defence policy. In the context of Sino-American rivalry and the question of Europe's capacity to act, expectations are growing, including among many partners, for Germany to become more involved and take on more concrete responsibility in the field of security and defence policy.

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