In the Fall term of 2026, master's (and PhD) students at the University of Bonn will have the opportunity to participate online at courses at the Institute for European Global Studies in Basel.

The Henry Kissinger Professorship is looking for a dedicated intern for the period from September 15 to December 2026.

On 16 June 2026, Prof. Ulrich Schlie welcomed State Secretary Dr. Bernhard Kotsch from the German Federal Foreign Office for a discussion with students of the Master's programme Strategy and International Security.

Dr. Enrico Fels was a guest on Roundtable LIVE on June 11 at the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin. The discussion, titled “Is Power Rewriting the Law?”, focused primarily on the security zones currently being established around space-based facilities and international space law.

This year’s Spring School on Outer Space Cooperation in the Middle East took place from May 17 to 19. The Spring School was organized in collaboration with the Institute for International Cooperation and Technological Diplomacy (ICI), the German Space Agency at DLR, the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), and the Young Society for Security Policy (JGSP).

As part of the “Digital Dependence Index 2.0” project, in collaboration with the Vodafone Institute, CASSIS is publishing its first policy brief, “Digital Trade Trap? A Wake-up Call for the EU’s Digital Decade,” which shows that despite an apparent digital trade surplus, the EU remains heavily dependent on the U.S. and China and has structural weaknesses that jeopardize its digital sovereignty. 

The Report features keynotes of high-level actors in the space domain, the latest insights from leading researchers and the scenarios and strategies from the Bonn Future Lab.

The Young Academics: Outer Space series, edited by Dr. Antje Nötzold, Dr. Enrico Fels, Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nina Klimburg-Witjes, highlights the growing importance of space utilization for politics, economics, and society. It covers social science disciplines such as political science, sociology, ethics, technology assessment, and law. The aim is to provide young academics with a platform to publish their contributions on space utilization. The series places particular emphasis on theoretical foundations, interdisciplinary analyses, and critical assessments of the strategic challenges and implications of space utilization.