S&F Sicherheit und Frieden

Scientific discoveries and technological innovations have always exerted a great influence on peace and security. New civil and military technologies are revolutionizing warfare. Particularly striking areas are cyber warfare and the rapid...

New military technologies are being developed at a high pace, with the USA in the lead. Intended application areas are space weapons and ballistic missile defence, hypersonic missiles, autonomous weapon systems, and cyber war. Generic technologies...

Novel environmental invasive biotechnologies, such as gene drives and Horizontal Environmental Genetic Alteration Agents exceed the classical applications of genetically modified organisms. The reason for this is that they are designed to transform...

Although the threat of cyber-conflict is rising at the moment, not much ground has been gained with cyber arms control regimes. The article analyses proposals for cyber arms control, modelled after traditional arms control regimes. It finds that...

Advances in science and technology, including information technology (IT), play a crucial role in the context of peace and security. However, research on the intersection of peace and conflict research as well as computer science is not well...

According to international humanitarian law, military decision makers must balance military necessity and humanitarian considerations when using military force against an adversary on a case-by-case basis. Determining whether or not, from a...

Multilateralism is currently in a crisis, according to many opinions. However, this is only partly true. It is noticeable that particularly the powerful states are questioning multilaterally negotiated procedures as a cornerstone of the current...