Our Mission
The Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) is a new 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.
The International Security Forum Bonn 2022
From 29 September to 2 October 2022, the ISFB will take 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 will again be 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.
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,
Security and Strategy Research
Henry Kissinger Professorship for Security and Strategy Research
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie
Global Infrastructure
Politik and Governance of Global Infrastructures
Lead:
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer
International Security Forum Bonn
The ISFB is a high-level international event to ensure dialogue on current foreign and security policy issues.
Dr. Katharina C. Cramer receives presitgious DAAD PRIME Fellowship.
Dr. Katharina Cramer and Jun.-Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer will lead a sub-project of the four-year EU project called ReMade@ARI from September 1st.
Dr. Shushanik Minsayan writes about the Russian-Turkish tandem in the Black Sea Region.
Dr. Frank Umbach schreibt in Europäische Sicherheit und Technik (ES&T) über das EU-Ölembargo und dessen Auswirkungen auf Russland.
Dr. Frank Umbach diskutiert in seiner Veröffentlichung in Politische Studien den Glasgower Klimagipfel 2021.
Dr. Frank Umbach diskutiert in seinem Fachbeitrag in Europäische Sicherheit und Technik die Nukleardrohungen von Putin.
The Digital Dependence Index provides a precise description of the state of affairs that can be used to assess whether the current policy approach in Brussels and Berlin, as well as the extent of the investments that have been initiated, are more than merely symbolic.
Prof. Maximilian Mayer kommentiert die Entwicklung der Globalisierung in Zeiten geopolitischer Rivalitäten.
Dr. Frank Umbach, Forschungsleiter des EUCERS-Clusters, erörtert die Gas-Umlage von 2,4 Cent pro Kilowattstunde.
Prof. Maximilian Mayer analysiert das chinesische Militärmanöver vor Taiwan in Folge des Besuch Nancy Pelosis.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Senior Senior Researcher am BICC, erklärt, warum die Ukraine bis Sommer 2023 durchhalten muss.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder, Senior Senior Researcher at BICC, zeigt auf, wie Putin Bürgerkrieg nach Europa bringen will.
Dr. Frank Umbach, Forschungsleiter des EUCERS-Clusters, analysiert den steigenden Strombedarf in kommenden Jahren.
Dr. Joachim Weber, Senior Visiting Fellow, erklärt die Zusammensetzung des russischen Militärs.
Dr. Frank Umbach, Forschungsleiter des EUCERS-Clusters, kritisiert die aktuelle Debatte zur potenziellen Verlängerung von Laufzeiten von AKWs .
Events
CASSIS offers a wide range of events on current foreign and security policy issues.
Prof. Maximilian Mayer and Dr. Ying Huang are examining Chinese data power by providing a new conceptual framework.
A book co-edited by Maximilian Mayer examines the role of art and sovereignty in global politics. Published in 2017, it is now available for free use.
Dr. Frank Umbach behandelt Chinas Interesse an Afghanistans Rohstoffreichtum und die Implikationen für die EU-Versorgungssicherheit bezüglich kritischer Rohstoffe.
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer schreibt im Rahmen einer Veröffentlichung des Center for Global Studies zu Chinas technologischem Einfluss in Afrika.
Dr. Shushanik Minsayan writes about the Russian-Turkish tandem in the Black Sea Region.
Dr. Frank Umbach schreibt in Europäische Sicherheit und Technik (ES&T) über das EU-Ölembargo und dessen Auswirkungen auf Russland.
Dr. Frank Umbach diskutiert in seiner Veröffentlichung in Politische Studien den Glasgower Klimagipfel 2021.
Prof. Dr. Maximilan Mayer and Dr. Ying Huang discuss digital currencies, monetary sovereignty, and U.S.–China power competition in their new research article.
CASSIS - Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn