Shattered Crescent - Roundtable discussion on the current situation in Syria and its geopolitical consequences
On April 8, 2024, the Cassis hosted a Round Table Discussion on Syria with former Ambassador Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Ulrich Seidt, led by Henry Kissinger Professor Dr. Ulrich Schlie. A particular focus was placed on the security implications of the ongoing civil war.
Shattered Crescent - Round-Table Discussion on the current situation in Syria and its geopolitical consequences
On 8 April 2024, Cassis hosted a round table discussion on Syria with former Ambassador Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Ulrich Seidt chaired by Henry Kissinger Professor Dr. Ulrich Schlie. A particular emphasis was placed on the security and geopolitical consequences of the ongoing civil war.
Summer School on "The Geography of Hunger in a Multi-Crisis World" in August
The University of Cantabria, the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS, University of Bonn) and the Spanish Network for Development Studies (REEDES), with the sponsorship of the BBVA Foundation and AECID, have jointly organized a summer school on "The Geography of Hunger in a Multi-Crisis World", which will take place from 26.08. - 30.08.2024 in Santander. The event arises from a research project of the interdisciplinary research project "The Geography of Hunger and Famine in a Multi-Crisis World".
CASSIS employee Mando Gloger represents the University of Bonn at the Next Forum in Milan
Mando Gloger, research assistant to Prof. Dr. Maximilian Mayer at CASSIS, had the opportunity to take part in the Next Forum in Milan. As part of the student contingent of the U7+ Alliance, a global university network from 20 countries, he represented the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in Milan. Founded in addition to the G7, the presidents of the universities of the U7+ Alliance meet annually in the run-up to the G7 conferences to explore solutions and potential for cooperation between universities in response to global challenges.
Congratulations! Third-party funding success for Prof. Dr. Heinemann-Grüder
We are pleased to announce that the renowned Russia expert and CASSIS Fellow Prof. Dr. Andreas Heinemann-Grüder has received funding from the German Foundation for Peace Research for a research project starting in April 2024 on the topic of "Thinking the war from the end. Insights for the Ukraine War", which will run from April 2024, from the German Foundation for Peace Research. Our warmest congratulations!
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie as speaker at the IABG Leadership Conference
CASSIS Director Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schlie took part in a discussion on the strategic challenges of the future as a speaker at the IABG Executive Conference. A particular focus was on the significance of the US election in November 2024.
Workshop on hybrid warfare
What does hybrid warfare mean and how can it be countered? On 2 March 2024, the Gesellschaft für Sicherheitspolitik, together with CASSIS and Polis180, organised an interactive workshop on this highly topical question. Students from the Master's programme "Strategy and International Security" (MSIS) also took part in the simulation game.
Ulrich Schlie in conversation with Berthold Graf von Stauffenberg at the Ruhr University Bochum
The AStA of Ruhr-Universität Bochum organised a discussion between Prof. Dr Ulrich Schlie and Berthold Graf von Stauffenberg on 19 February 1924 under the title "20 July 1944: A traitor's child all of a sudden", to which university students were invited.