🚀 Nuclear Security Workshop at Hertie School wrapped up! 3 days of discussions on Europe’s nuclear order, deterrence, arms control, and public attitudes. Many thanks to all participants and The Stanton Foundation for support. Call for papers for next year's edition goes out early 2027.

🏆 Congratulations to our postdoctoral researcher Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social on winning EPSS Best Book Award 2026 for “Making a Career in Dictatorship”. The book shows how career incentives shape repression and coups in authoritarian regimes. 📖 Read more: lnkd.in/ePs8iRw9

Huge congratulations to Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social for winning the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social best book award for “Making a Career in Dictatorship“ 🥳 #EPSS2026 @hertiesecurity.bsky.social

New publication: Jack Kennedy (Hertie School Centre for International Security) has published a new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on arms control, risk reduction, and the future of strategic stability in an increasingly uncertain nuclear landscape. 🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/eX_Vj58K

Proud to share: our postdoctoral researcher Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social's new book, Making a Career in Dictatorship, has been featured in The New York Times. 📰 Read more about their feature here: lnkd.in/d2SNAfFC @hertieschool.bsky.social

📅 Join us on Thursday as Krzysztof Krakowski presents new research on the risks faced by demobilised ex-combatants after conflict ends: 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/dQRieags

Centre for International Security - Hertie School@hertiesecurity.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Surviving peace: What kills ex-combatants after conflict? 📅 30 April 2026 | ⏰ 12:30–13:30 (CEST) | 💻 Online Krzysztof Krakowski (King’s College London) on why demobilised fighters still face violence, using Colombia data (2003–2023). 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/dQRieags

📅 Join us this Thursday as we discuss the future of the international order: lnkd.in/dGrDqE5p

Centre for International Security - Hertie School@hertiesecurity.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The "Free World" today - can it still hold together? Join our panel discussion on international order in uncertain times. 📅 30 Apr 2026, 18:00–19:30 📍 Hertie School (Henrik Enderlein Forum) This event is funded by the DAAD using funds from the Federal Foreign Office. Register: lnkd.in/dGrDqE5p

How do nuclear threats succeed? Public opinion may be a key channel of coercion. In a new article, @wucherpfennig.bsky.social, Gläßel, Lemmer & Kolonić show that many Germans see Russian nuclear threats as credible - linked to lower support for sending advanced weapons to Ukraine: shorturl.at/JuJRq

Surviving peace: What kills ex-combatants after conflict? 📅 30 April 2026 | ⏰ 12:30–13:30 (CEST) | 💻 Online Krzysztof Krakowski (King’s College London) on why demobilised fighters still face violence, using Colombia data (2003–2023). 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/dQRieags

How do nuclear threats succeed? One way is by deterring publics in target states. The new #JOGSS article, based on survey evidence from Germany, finds that many respondents view Russian nuclear threats as credible and this perception is linked to lower support for supplying weapons to Ukraine.

The "Free World" today - can it still hold together? Join our panel discussion on international order in uncertain times. 📅 30 Apr 2026, 18:00–19:30 📍 Hertie School (Henrik Enderlein Forum) This event is funded by the DAAD using funds from the Federal Foreign Office. Register: lnkd.in/dGrDqE5p

I am very excited to start my research stay at @hertiesecurity.bsky.social with @argohdes.bsky.social until the summer! Looking forward to getting to know the vibrant research community in Berlin, attending conferences and workshops, and of course exploring the city ✨ 🪩

Join us this Thursday for our research colloquium with David Kuehn. 🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/dzn8PEb9

Centre for International Security - Hertie School@hertiesecurity.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What explains military support for or opposition to self-coups? In our next research colloquium, David Kuehn (GIGA) presents his research on “Militarization, military behavior, and the dynamics of self-coups.” 📅 16 Apr 2026 | 🕒 12:30–13:30 CEST | 💻 Online 👉 Register: lnkd.in/dzn8PEb9

What explains military support for or opposition to self-coups? In our next research colloquium, David Kuehn (GIGA) presents his research on “Militarization, military behavior, and the dynamics of self-coups.” 📅 16 Apr 2026 | 🕒 12:30–13:30 CEST | 💻 Online 👉 Register: lnkd.in/dzn8PEb9

What explains military support for or opposition to self-coups? In our next research colloquium, David Kuehn (GIGA) presents his research on “Militarization, military behavior, and the dynamics of self-coups.” 📅 16 Apr 2026 | 🕒 12:30–13:30 CEST | 💻 Online 👉 Register: lnkd.in/dzn8PEb9

“Internet shutdowns only fuel violence, because regimes feel less restrained in this digital darkness." Our faculty member Anita Gohdes @argohdes.bsky.social in Süddeutsche Zeitung on internet shutdowns, violence and surveillance. 📖 lnkd.in/d4PaS72A

Mit der Süddeutschen habe ich über internet shutdowns und Gewalt gesprochen: www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/iran... @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social

Join us this Thursday for our research colloquium with Johannes Gerschewski. 🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/gEUg2UJE

Centre for International Security - Hertie School@hertiesecurity.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How can liberal democracies defend themselves against autocratization? At our next research colloquium, Johannes Gerschewski (DFG) presents his research on how “militant democracy” helps protect democratic systems. 📆Thurs, 26 March 2026 🕒12:30-1:30 pm (CET) Register: lnkd.in/gEUg2UJE

Our new book, MAKING A CAREER IN DICTATORSHIP (Oxford University Press), is available in hardcover. Oxford offers 30% off with the code at checkout for the hardcover 👇 Code: AUFLY30 (or simply get the much cheaper softcover) Unlock the secrets of navigating authoritarian regimes!

Adam Scharpf@ascharpf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Russia, Venezuela, Iran, China, the Sahel region, the United States ... Want to know why state agents carry out brutal repression — or participate in illegal coups? Our new book "Making a Career in Dictatorship" provides answers — it just got published by @academic.oup.com: tinyurl.com/ystwm3tf

Join us next week for our research colloquium with Johannes Gerschewski. 🔗 Register here: www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

Centre for International Security - Hertie School@hertiesecurity.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How can liberal democracies defend themselves against autocratization? At our next research colloquium, Johannes Gerschewski (DFG) presents his research on how “militant democracy” helps protect democratic systems. 📆Thurs, 26 March 2026 🕒12:30-1:30 pm (CET) Register: lnkd.in/gEUg2UJE

Check out the below piece by our postdoctoral researcher Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social for @donmoyn.bsky.social’s Substack.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New, at Can We Still Govern?: Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social have studied the formation of secret police in other countries. They explain the parallels with Trump's immigration enforcement. The key factor is career incentives not ideology. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...

Join next week's #SustainabilityColloquium with Joanne Yao and Danielle Young who will present their research on the development and use of #solargeoengineering as another tool to lower global temperatures and the geopolitical implications of such technology. 📌18 Mar, 3pm ✍️Registration link below

How can liberal democracies defend themselves against autocratization? At our next research colloquium, Johannes Gerschewski (DFG) presents his research on how “militant democracy” helps protect democratic systems. 📆Thurs, 26 March 2026 🕒12:30-1:30 pm (CET) Register: lnkd.in/gEUg2UJE

Would a “limited” nuclear strike coerce the West? Research by Marina Henke, Dino Kolonić & Felix Lemmer shows U.S. & German publics favor retaliation, not conciliation - even more if NATO suffers casualties. We sat down with the authors to discussed their newly published study: lnkd.in/d37M95z4

Looking forward to welcoming Joanne Yao (@qmulsse.bsky.social) and @notesnthemargin.bsky.social (@universityofleeds.bsky.social). Join us for their talk on 18 March. @hertiesustain.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social www.hertie-school.org/en/sustainab...

Sustainability Colloquium with Joanne Yao and Danielle Young

A presentation on the development and use of solar geoengineering as another tool to lower global temperatures and the geopolitical implications of such technology.

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Ahead of the 20th NATO WMD Conference in Berlin, @hertiesecurity.bsky.social sat down with NATO and the German Federal Foreign Office. With New START expired and nuclear risks rising, the message was clear: Europe must boost military capability, safeguard the NPT, and rethink strategic stability.

So excited about spring AND these new books on my table 🌸 @ascharpf.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social @sritholtz.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social

Join us next Monday for a discussion on arms control and deterrence. 🔗Register here: lnkd.in/dPz_WwtE

The era of strategic complacency is over. A new report by the European Nuclear Study Group asks: how can Europe avoid a deterrence gap amid Russia’s nuclear revisionism and doubts about US guarantees? 📖 Read more: lnkd.in/d__4wv5U 🔗 Access the full report here: lnkd.in/dTbSfUGU 📷 : Celina Geigle

1 week left to submit abstracts! ⏳ Don’t miss your chance to join this fantastic opportunity at the Hertie School's Centre for International Security.

Centre for International Security - Hertie School@hertiesecurity.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🚨 Calling nuclear security scholars! 🚨 The Hertie School Centre for International Security is now accepting paper proposals for its Nuclear Security Workshop 2026, taking place 25 – 26 June 2026 at the Hertie School in Berlin. Find out more: www.hertie-school.org/en/news/allc...