International Security
The International Security Division 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 and arms control.
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Areas of Expertise
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Defence industry and procurement
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Research
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Areas of Expertise
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Areas of Expertise
- Security and defence policy
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Areas of Expertise
- Arms control
- Nato
- Transatlantic relations
- Weapons of mass destruction / proliferation
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Areas of Expertise
- Afghanistan
- Canada
- Crisis management
- Euro-Atlantic security
- German defence and security policy
- Military operations abroad
- Nato
- Transatlantic relations
- UN missions
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Areas of Expertise
- Asia
- Economics, trade, resources
- Russia, E. Europe, Central Asia
- Security and defence policy
- USA, Canada
- Arctic
- China
- Indo-Pacific
- Russian Federation
- Ukraine
- United States
- Arms control
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Maritime security
- Nato
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Areas of Expertise
- Cyber-security
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- Digital Policy and Cyber
- Technology policy
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Areas of Expertise
- Security and defence policy
- Germany
- Defence and security policy / Armed forces
- German defence and security policy
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Areas of Expertise
- Space policy
Projects
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Areas of Expertise
- Civil wars
- Fragile states
- Organized crime
- United Nations
- United Nations Security Council
Research Support
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Areas of Expertise
- Security and defence policy
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SWP Publications
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The UN mission in Cyprus is indispensable for Europe
The crisis of UN peacekeeping not only concerns distant conflict zones. The case of Cyprus shows how important such missions are for Europe, say Judith Vorrath and Johanna Fietze.
Point of View, 19.12.2025 -
Europäische Autonomie im Weltraum
Satellitensysteme als Pfeiler europäischer Verteidigung
SWP-Aktuell 2025/A 54, 18.12.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025A54
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Deutschland als arktischer Sicherheitsakteur
Neue Leitlinien deutscher Arktispolitik unter schwierigeren Bedingungen
SWP-Studie 2025/S 19, 16.12.2025, 33 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025S19
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Russia’s Nuclear Signaling in the War Against Ukraine: A Chronology of the Biden Era
Research Division on International Security, in Cooperation with Peace Research Center Prague (PRCP), Working Paper No. 03/2025, December 2025, 553 Pages -
UN-Mission auf Zypern für Europa unentbehrlich
Die Krise der UN-Friedensmissionen betrifft längst nicht nur weit entfernte Konfliktgebiete. Auf Zypern zeigt sich, wie wichtig solche Missionen auch für Europa sind, meinen Judith Vorrath und Johanna Fietze.
Kurz gesagt, 15.12.2025 -
‘Golden Dome’ and the Illusory Promise of Invulnerability
US Missile Defense under Trump: Risks and Opportunities for Europe
SWP Comment 2025/C 50, 05.12.2025, 8 Pagesdoi:10.18449/2025C50
External publications
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Bright ideas for the darker months: Lighten up your holidays with these tech-themed novels
What could be more festive than reading about alien worlds and malevolent AI leaders? Check out this year’s recommended reads from cybersecurity experts.
in: Binding Hook, 19.12.2025 -
New Ambitions, Old Constraints: Germany’s Role in Shaping European Defence
in: Berlin Perspectives 08, IEP Policy Brief, 11.12.2025 -
Jetzt erst recht? Warum ein künftiges Kernwaffenstreben des Iran keineswegs sicher ist
in: Europäische Sicherheit und Technik, 08.12.2025 (Paywall) -
Arms embargo
in: Elgar Encyclopedia of International Sanctions, 13.11.2025, 65 - 67 -
Zeitenwende oder Rückfall? Herausforderungen für die deutsche Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
in: Bürger und Staat, 1-2/2025 Demokratie in Deutschland, Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Baden Württemberg, S. 78ff. -
Israels gezielte Tötung iranischer Nuklearwissenschaftler
Gastbeitrag, in: Europäische Sicherheit und Technik, 08.10.2025