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Interdisciplinary Research Projects

Our Mission

The Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) is an interdisciplinary research center at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in the field of strategic foresight, European and security policy research. Committed to the approach "Global Challenges Need European Responses", CASSIS contributes in interdisciplinary and inter-institutional work to develop, evaluate and publicly discuss European strategies to current challenges in the field of foreign and security policy. 


Current

Dossier Ukraine

The experts of CASSIS offer in various formats from their interdisciplinary perspectives classification and analysis on the Russian attack on Ukraine and its background.

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The International Security Forum Bonn 2022

From 29 September to 2 October 2022, the ISFB took place for the seventh time in the UN and federal city as the most significant international security conference in North Rhine-Westphalia and all neighboring federal states. After two years of digital/hybrid implementation during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, in 2022, the ISFB was conducted entirely in person.


Our Focus

Research at CASSIS revolves around a broad conception of security: On the one hand, the focus lies on the interdisciplinary examination of traditional foreign and security issues such as inter-state conflicts, competing international systems of order and a return of geopolitics. On the other hand, researchers examine non-traditional security challenges such as cyber and energy security, terrorism and human security, focusing in particular on health and food security.

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EUCERS: Climate an Energy Security

European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security

Lead:
Dr. Friedbert Pflüger
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hilz,
Prof. Dr. Volker Kronenberg,

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Security and Strategy Research

Henry Kissinger Professorship for Security and Strategy Research




Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie

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Global Infrastructure

Politik and Governance of Global Infrastructures



Lead:
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer

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International Security Forum Bonn

The ISFB is a high-level international event to ensure dialogue on current foreign and security policy issues.

News
Ohne Sicherheitsgarantien kein Waffenstillstand

Prof. James Bindenagel, Senior Fellow at CASSIS and Former Henry Kissinger Professor of Security and Strategic Studies, and Thomas Risse make the case for the country's EU and NATO membership and what that would mean for all involved.

Dirk Brengelmann becomes Dean of the Global Diplomacy Lab

CASSIS Senior Fellow Ambassador (ret.) Dirk Brengelmann takes over from Ruprecht Polenz as Dean of the Global Diplomacy Lab (GDL). The whole CASSIS congratulates very warmly!

The GDL is a platform of the Federal Foreign Office for the exchange between diplomats and experts from non-governmental organisations, companies, cultural institutions and foundations. The GDL focuses on the joint search for new and more inclusive types of diplomacy and the formulation of approaches to action that go beyond conventional politics.

Long-term lecturer at Reichman University, Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy, Herzliya, Israel

Applications are now welcome for a long-term lecturer position at Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel

Exploring German-Swedish Collaborations at Research Infrastructures

A cooperation between the Center for X-rays in Swedish Material Science (CeXS) at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Linköping University and CASSIS will explore German-Swedish collaboration at Research Infrastructures.

CASSIS member Frederik Schmitz receives the prestigious Taiwan Fellowship at the Academia Sinica in Taipei

Frederik Schmitz is funded for his research project on the role of emotions and sensory perceptions in memory infrastructures in Taiwan and which influence these have on parties' political support. His case study examines museums and restaurants as nostalgic memory sites run by supporters and members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang). These memory sites enable visitors to take a performative part in a curated Taiwanese past and let it affect them through sensory perceptions. According to the research hypothesis, these memory infrastructures are used to gain political support through nostalgia.

Festschrift in honor of the 65th birthday of Professor Xuewu Gu.: Macht und Machtverschiebung

This Festschrift in honor of Professor Xuewu Gu's 65th birthday brings together contributions on two closely intertwined key phenomena in international relations: Power and Power Shifts.
With contributions from numerous CASSIS members such as Prof. James D. Bindenagel, Dr. Enrico Fels, Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Hilz, Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie. 

CASSIS-Members Maximilian Schranner, Philip Nock and Frederik Schmitz in Blog 49security

Cassis staff members Maximilian Schranner, Frederik Schmitz and Philip Nock, together with Lukas Hochscheidt and Leonie Hopgood, write a post on Blog 49security about why the next generation of security policymakers is ready to take responsibility for tough decisions. 

CASSIS Senior Fellow Dr. Katharina C. Cramer receives prestigious DAAD PRIME Fellowship

Dr. Katharina C. Cramer receives presitgious DAAD PRIME Fellowship.

Current Media Contributions
Dr. Joachim Weber featured in N-TV-Interview

Dr. Joachim Weber, Senior Fellow at CASSIS, comments on new arms deliveries to Ukraine.

Dr. Joachim Weber featured in Phoenix Film "G7-Gipfel der Mächtigen"

"Phoenix plus G7 - Summit of the Mighty looks back at almost 50 years of summit events. Dr. Joachim Weber, historian and political scientist at the CASSIS Institute of the University of Bonn, explains the context."

Dr. Joachim Weber featured in N-TV-Interview

Dr. Joachim Weber, Senior Fellow of CASSIS, comments on Ukraine's aircrafts and jet power. 

Ohne Sicherheitsgarantien kein Waffenstillstand

Prof. James Bindenagel, Senior Fellow at CASSIS and Former Henry Kissinger Professor of Security and Strategic Studies, and Thomas Risse make the case for the country's EU and NATO membership and what that would mean for all involved.

Dr. Joachim Weber in Phoenix Interview

Tweet: #UkraineKrieg | "Im Moment tut man wirklich, was man kann", so Strategieexperte Dr. Joachim Weber @cassis_bonn. Er sieht einen Wandel bei deutschen #WaffenLieferungen an die #Ukraine. Anfänglich war das sehr zögerlich, mittlerweile werde aber so viel geliefert wie möglich.

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Dr. Joachim Weber featured in N-TV Interview

Dr. Joachim Weber, Senior Fellow at CASSIS, comments on the drone attack on the Kremlin.

Dr. Joachim Weber featured in Phoenix Interview

Dr. Joachim Weber, Senior Fellow at CASSIS, classifies the deployment of the German Armed Forces in Sudan.

Do more clubbing. How forming partnerships can help tech middle powers survive the escalating US-China tech war

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Dr. Gedaliah Afterman explore in an article for the Global Policy Journal how middle powers can shape their foreign and technology policies through engagement in minilateral formats.


Events

CASSIS offers a wide range of events on current foreign and security policy issues. 

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Upcoming events
Reconsidering the Concept of International Return in Africa
Lennéstraße 6, 53113 ...
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
New addition of our Katekisama Lecture Series featuring Prof. Dr. Mary Boatemaa Setrana and Dr. Dr. des. Maria Ullrich
Digitalization of Red Memories in China
Main building of Bonn ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The event is the seventh of the lecture series "Digitalization of Memory Practices and Heritages in Global Perspectives". The event is hybrid, which means ...
Der Weltraum als Wirtschafts- und Innovationstreiber
Lecture Hall VII, Main ...
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
The sixth event of the lecture series „Nach den Sternen greifen. Der Weltraum als Wirtschafts-, Lebens- und Wettbewerbsraum im 21. Jahrhundert“ (Summer ...
Digital Metaphor Analysis and Tibetan Buddhist Lineages
Main building of Bonn ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The event is the eighth of the lecture series "Digitalization of Memory Practices and Heritages in Global Perspectives". The event is hybrid, which means ...
Past events
A New Beginning for UK-EU Relations
Online
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
The next edition of the “European Strategic Dialogue” will take a look at the current UK-EU realignment in the field of security and defense. It will explore ...
Sustainable Space. Weltraumschrott als Umweltproblem
Lecture Hall VII, Main ...
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Fifth event of the lecture series "Nach den Sternen greifen. Der Weltraum als Wirtschafts-, Lebens- und Wettbewerbsraum im 21. Jahrhundert" (Summer Semester ...
Digital Reconstruction of Concentration Camps in VR
Main building of Bonn ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The event is the sixth of the lecture series "Digitalization of Memory Practices and Heritages in Global Perspectives". The event is hybrid, which means ...
Rohstoffe für die Zukunft
Zoom
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
The second event of the digital dialogue series "Strategic Management of Climate Change in Latin America".

Current Scientific Publications
Saudi-Arabiens digitale Abhängigkeit: Balanceakt zwischen Modernisierung und „Daten-Nationalismus“

Drawing on the Digital Dependence Index, Michelle Gassner and Barbara Schallhart discuss Saudi-Arabia's digital dependence in their article.

Südkoreas digitale Abhängigkeit: Staatliche Steuerung als Erfolgsrezept

Drawing on the Digital Dependence Index, Jonas Prinsen discusses South Korea's digital dependence in his article.

Deutschlands digitale Abhängigkeit: Von Souveränität kann keine Rede sein

Niklas Almasi & Philipp van Helden discuss Germany's digital dependency in their article.

China’s Cyberpower and its Impact

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Prof. Josef Gregory Mahoney, Professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University, have edited a Special Issue of the Journal on Chinese Political Science.

China’s Bifurcated Space Diplomacy and Institutional Density

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Kunhan Li, coctoral candidate at the University of Nottingham — Ningbo, China, investigate Chinese space diplomacy and its bifurcation between institutionalised multilateral cooperation and state-centric bilateral co-operation.

Die Deutsch-chinesischen Beziehungen am Scheideweg: ‘Business-as-usual‘ oder ‘Zeitenwende‘?

Dr. Frank Umbach discusses German-Chinese relations in his publication.

Russia-Ukraine: Critical Infrastructure Protection from Sabotage is an Unprecedented Challenge the EU must Face now

In his publication, Dr. Frank Umbach discusses the protection of critical infrastructures in the context of the war in Ukaine

Strategische Irrtümer, Fehler und kollektive Fehlannahmen der deutschen Energiepolitik seit 2002

In his Sirius Magazine publication, Dr. Frank Umbach discusses the strategic errors, mistakes and collective misconceptions of German energy policy since 2002.


Contact

CASSIS - Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Contact

+49 (0)228/73 3579

cassis(at)uni-bonn.de

Adress

4th Floor
Römerstraße 164
D-53117 Bonn

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