Obituary of Henry Kissinger
International Security Forum Bonn 2023
Master of Arts in "Strategy and International Security" (MSIS)
Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Integrated Security and Global Sustainability
Obituary of Henry Kissinger
International Security Forum Bonn 2023
Master of Arts in "Strategy and International Security" (MSIS)
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 Middle East

The experts at CASSIS analyse the current conflict in Gaza and other escalations in the Middle East and offer relevant information on its context and background.

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
Obituary of Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger died on Wednesday at the age of 100.

CASSIS Senior Fellow Dr. Katharina C. Cramer receives EXIST Women Scholarship from BMWK

Dr. Cramer receives one of ten EXIST-Women scholarships awarded by the Transfer Center enaCom at the University of Bonn and financed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Signing of Collaborative Teaching Agreement between Centre for Migration Studies in Accra and CASSIS

A high-profile delegation from the University of Ghana visited the University of Bonn as part of the International Days. The two universities are linked by a strategic partnership based on university-wide cooperation in the areas of study, teaching and research. Following a visit by the Bonn university management to Accra before the start of the global corona pandemic, the return visit from Ghana, which lasted several days, was an important milestone in the cooperation.

Germany's Role in the World

CASSIS Senior Fellow James. D. Bindenagel comments on the development of Germany's international position in CIVIS magazine (Aug/2023) and on the American-German Institute's website.

FOCUS online article by Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann on the current situation in Israel

Ambassador (ret.) Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann, Senior Fellow at CASSIS, will speak about what impact the current situation in Israel may have on the relationship between Israel and its Arab neighbors, especially Saudi Arabia.

Funding success: Prototyping grant from the University of Bonn

Dr. Katharina Cramer and Nicolas Rüffin from CASSIS together with Kristofer Söderström from Lund University (Sweden) receive a prototyping grant from the University of Bonn for their project "Tiller - An AI-assisted platform for research infrastructures and their user communities".

The Future of Global Hydrogen

Dr. Frank Umbach, Head of the European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), discusses the future of global green hydrogen technology in the specialist publication "Geopolitical Intelligence Services".

Call for Paper!

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

Current Media Contributions
A healthier China-EU relationship

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer and Prof. Gedaliah Ping Su, Associate Professor at the Tongji University School of Political Science and International Relations, discuss in an article for the IPS Journal what a "healthy" interdependence between the EU and China could look like.

The rift in Turkish-Israeli relations

CASSIS Fellow PD Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek in derStandard on Turkey's relationship with Israel

Dr. Frank Umbach on the speech by António Guterres

Dr. Frank Umbach on Phoenix about the speech by UN Secretary-General António Guterres on the Middle East crisis

Dr. Frank Umbach: "Putin lookalikes exist and they have been indirectly confirmed"

Dr. Frank Umbach analyses the developments in an interview with WELT and comments on the accusations that Russia's President Putin is secretly using doubles.

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek in an interview on the Middle East conflict

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, CASSIS Fellow, in an interview on the conflict in the Middle East.

Dr. Frank Umbach on the Hamas hostage-takings

Dr. Frank Umbach talks to Phoenix about the situation of the hostages and the current situation in the region.

Focus-Online article by Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann on the current situation in Israel

Ambassador (ret.) Dr. Hans-Dieter Heumann, Senior Fellow at CASSIS, will speak about what impact the current situation in Israel may have on the relationship between Israel and its Arab neighbors, especially Saudi Arabia.

Germany's Role in the World

CASSIS Senior Fellow James. D. Bindenagel comments on the development of Germany's international position in CIVIS magazine (Aug/2023) and on the American-German Institute's website.


Events

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

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Upcoming events
Der Atlantik - „Hausmeer“ der atlantischen Zivilisation
Hörsaal III, Hauptgebäude...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
The North Atlantic has been the lifeline of Europe for hundreds of years and, after the world wars, has almost become something of an inland sea between Europe ...
Big Data and AI in qualitative political science
Hauptgebäude der ...
12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
The terms Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been used for several years to describe digital tools with great potential for science. This lecture ...
ESD: Redefining the EU-Poland Relationship
Zoom
12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
The outcome of the parliamentary elections in Poland signifies a potential shift in the EU-Poland relationship. Poland’s commitment to European security and ...
Der Pazifische Ozean
Hörsaal III, Hauptgebäude...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Europa, der am meisten vom Meer durchdrungene Kontinent, hat sich seit alters her in enger Verbindung zu den Meeren entwickelt. Doch was den meisten Bewohnern ...
Past events
Das Kaspische Meer - Binnensee am äußersten Rande Europas
Hörsaal III, Hauptgebäude...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
Europe, the continent most penetrated by the sea, has developed a close connection to the seas since time immemorial. But what may seem like a matter of course ...
German-French Strategic Dialogue
via Zoom
06:30 PM
Both the French and German governments are equally confronted with the challenge of digital sovereignty. In the last five years, the number of cyber attacks in ...
Das Schwarze Meer - Brennpunkt zwischen Donau & Kaukasus
Hörsaal III, Hauptgebäude...
06:15 PM - 07:45 PM
For centuries, the Black Sea was a "blind spot" for geostrategists. The marginal sea "far to the east" attracted European attention only sporadically. ...
Europe‘s Future Orders – Europe in Future International Orders
Universitätsforum, ...
Whole Day
Europe is once again facing a crossroads: Will it lose importance in the face of the global changes and shifts in power that have been evident for some time ...

Current Scientific Publications
Special Issue: Politics of Memory, Heritage, and Diversity in Modern China

Under the editorship of Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer Guest, the Special Issue "Politics of Memory, Heritage, and Diversity in Modern China" was recently published in the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. In various articles and in the introduction by Maximilian Mayer & Karolina Pawlik, the Special Issue addresses questions of the interaction between collective memory and Chinese identity, cultural modernisation and political mobilisation.

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 Future of Global Hydrogen

Dr. Frank Umbach, Head of the European Cluster for Climate, Energy and Resource Security (EUCERS), discusses the future of global green hydrogen technology in the specialist publication "Geopolitical Intelligence Services".

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.

Is he the 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.


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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