Master of Arts in "Strategy and International Security" (MSIS)
Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Integrated Security and Global Sustainability
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International Security Forum Bonn 2023
Master of Arts in "Strategy and International Security" (MSIS)
Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Report Sicherheitsforschung.NRW
International Security Forum Bonn 2023

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.

Dossier Ukraine
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The International Security Forum Bonn 2023

From 19 October to 22 October 2023, ISFB will be held for the eighth time in person on the premises of the University of Excellence Bonn as the most important international security conference in North Rhine-Westphalia and all neighboring federal states.


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. Frank Umbach
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 Infrastructures

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
Call for Paper!

for the anthology „Sicherheitspolitik nach der Zeitenwende. Herausforderungen, Trends und Perspektiven für Deutschland und Europa“

The Second Cold War: US-China Competition for Centrality

Philip Nock, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at CASSIS, et al. are conceptualising the "Second Cold War" between the US and China in comparison to the First Cold War in an article for the "Geopolitics" Journal.

Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare

In his publication "Prospects of Great Power Rivalry: Escaping the Tragedy?", Dr. Enrico Fels takes a scholarly look at expected future developments regarding rivalry between great powers in the Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare, which will be published on Sept. 19, 2023 and provides a comprehensive overview of the future of warfare that is both problem- and practice-oriented.

Supervision of a Master's thesis

The Junior-Professorship for International Relations and Global Technology Politics offers the supervision of a Master's thesis in the topics of European science collaboration and international politics of research infrastructures as of 1 October 2023.

Ist er das Problem?

Ambassador (ret.) Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann, Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies, discusses French European policy under Emmanuel Macron with Dr. Markus Kaim, Senior Fellow in the Security Policy Research Group of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).

Special Issue Call for Papers

The research group "Autonomy and Autonomous Systems" has published the call for paper "From Automation to Autonomy: Human Machine Relations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence " for a Special Issue to be published in the 'Human-Machine Communication' Journal.

The IRA challenges the European climate model

Dr. Friedbert Pflüger, head of the European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), discusses in his publication the advantages of the American Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compared to the means of European climate policy.

Lecture by Ulrich Schlie on the anniversary of 20 July 1944 at the Bundeswehr School in Hanover

Sophie Freifrau von Bechtolsheim and Ulrich Schlie recalled the legacy of 20 July 1944 at the Bundeswehr Military Police and Staff Service School in Hanover.

Current Media Contributions
Dr. Frank Umbach in WeltN24 interview: "This kind of appeals confirms Putin and prolongs the war".

Dr. Frank Umbach, Head of Research at the EUCERS Cluster, talks about the current Ukraine war in a live interview on WeltN24 with host Katja Losch.

Dr. Frank Umbach in Welt/N24 interview on current military developments in the Ukraine war

Interview for the TV station Welt/N24 with Dr. Frank Umbach and the presenter Lena Mosel.

Dr. Joachim Weber in RTL interview on Prigozhin's death

Dr. Joachim Weber, Senior Fellow Strategic Foresight and Risk Analysis, in an RTL interview on Prigozhin's death.

Dr. Frank Umbach in an interview for the TV station Phoenix

Dr. Frank Umbach, head of research at the EUCERS cluster, with assessments of the plane crash in Russia and the consequences of the possible death of Wagner chief Prigozhin and other members of the mercenary force's leadership.

Prof. Dr. Heinemann-Grüder on the whereabouts of the Wagner Group

Prof. Dr. Heinemann-Grüder, Associate Fellow at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS), in Tagesthemen on Prigozhin's death and the whereabouts of the Wagner Group.

Dr. Frank Umbach in Phoenix interview on Prigozhin's role for the Putin regime

Dr. Frank Umbach, Head of Research at the EUCERS Cluster, speaks in a live interview on Phoenix in Studio Bonn with host Maja Weber about Prigozhin's role for the Putin regime, in the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.
 
 

Dr. Joachim Weber in an interview with Phoenix on the BRICS summit in Johannesburg

Dr. Joachim Weber, Senior Fellow Strategic Foresight and Risk Analysis, on the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg.

Dr. Frank Umbach in a live interview on Phoenix on the delivery of the Israeli Arrow-3 missile defense system

Dr. Frank Umbach, research director of the EUCERS cluster, talks to host Maja Weber in a live interview on Phoenix about the delivery of Israel's Arrow-3 missile defense system and the development of a comprehensive European missile defense umbrella.


Events

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

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Upcoming events
ESD: Navigating Strategic Connections between Europe and Asia
Zoom
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
The European Strategic Dialogue (ESD) organises quarterly sessions that touch upon the security and defence policies of the Netherlands, Germany, France and ...
Adapting the Competition Policy for the Digital Age
University Forum Bonn, ...
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Nowadays, the use of digital services is indispensable to the daily activity of businesses or end users. Digital services and online platforms in particular ...
Keynote “Strategic Pathways for Sustainable Hydrogen Evolution”
University Forum Bonn, ...
09:00 AM - 10:15 AM
We welcome the public and guests of the International Days to the public part of the International Security Forum Bonn 2023. Please note that the ...
Keynote 2 “Geopolitcs of Hydrogen”
University Forum Bonn, ...
02:30 PM - 03:15 PM
We welcome the public and guests of the International Days to the public part of the International Security Forum Bonn 2023. Please note that the continuing ...
Past events
Modernes Chinesisch: Sprachliche Besonderheiten und Translation
Zoom
06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
In our anniversary episode, we look at the special character of the Chinese language and its influence on culture and mutual understanding. What are the ...
Das All als Zukunfts(t)raum der Menschheit
Hörsaal VII, Main ...
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
The last event of the lecture series „Nach den Sternen greifen. Der Weltraum als Wirtschafts-, Lebens- und Wettbewerbsraum im 21. Jahrhundert“ (SoSe 2023).
Short Videos as Memory Practice: Remembering with Kuaishou
Main building of Bonn ...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The event is the eleventh of the lecture series "Digitalization of Memory Practices and Heritages in Global Perspectives". The event is hybrid, which means ...
Scheideweg. Europas Zukunft im Weltraum
Lecture Hall VII, Main ...
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Ninth event of the lecture series „Nach den Sternen greifen. Der Weltraum als Wirtschafts-, Lebens- und Wettbewerbsraum im 21. Jahrhundert“ (Summer semester ...

Current Scientific Publications
Connectivity, centrality, and adaptation

Nicolas Huppenbauer, Research Fellow and Doctoral Student at CASSIS, focuses on the geopolitical side of connectivity and Chinese standardisation practices in his new article in the "Global Media and China" journal.

The Second Cold War: US-China Competition for Centrality

Philip Nock, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at CASSIS, et al. are conceptualising the "Second Cold War" between the US and China in comparison to the First Cold War in an article for the "Geopolitics" Journal.

Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare

In his publication "Prospects of Great Power Rivalry: Escaping the Tragedy?", Dr. Enrico Fels takes a scholarly look at expected future developments regarding rivalry between great powers in the Routledge Handbook of the Future of Warfare, which will be published on Sept. 19, 2023 and provides a comprehensive overview of the future of warfare that is both problem- and practice-oriented.

Ist er das Problem?

Ambassador (ret.) Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann, Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies, discusses French European policy under Emmanuel Macron with Dr. Markus Kaim, Senior Fellow in the Security Policy Research Group of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).

From the Middle Out and Bottom Up: The Belt and Road Initiative at 10 and Corridor Connectivity

In his publication, Prof. Dr. Xiangming Chen, Visiting Fellow of CASSIS, discusses the significance of China's Silk Road Initiative.

The IRA challenges the European climate model

Dr. Friedbert Pflüger, head of the European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), discusses in his publication the advantages of the American Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compared to the means of European climate policy.

Macron und Scholz auf Kurs - Strategische Annäherung durch Zeitenwende?

The French president's comments on Taiwan have made waves in Europe. And rightly so. Emmanuel Macron has gone too far this time. Once again, he wanted to provoke his partners and thus initiate a new debate about Europe's strategic autonomy. In the end, he got himself into hot water diplomatically. His message was lost and the impression took root that he wanted to maintain an equidistance from the U.S. and China in the conflict over the island state. It has often been overlooked that France, with its overseas territories and its 9 million km2 exclusive economic zone, does have interests in the region, and vital ones at that.

The future security of electricity supply in Germany and the EU: How resilient is it really?

In his publication, Dr. Frank Umbach discussed the new challenges in power supply security.


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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