Almost two years after the publication of the "Integrated Review", the British government has updated its security strategy. This "refresh" is primarily intended to adapt to the rapidly advancing development towards a contested and fragmented global order. Without indicating a radical shift, the...

Winfried Wolf ist Mitglied des Bundestages, Journalist und Autor u.a der Bücher "Bombengeschäfte" (1999) und "Fusionsfieber" (2000), in denen er die Militarisierung der Politik und die Entwicklung des militärisch-industriellen Komplexes verfolgt. Er ist zur Zeit verantwortlicher Redakteur der...

Within the EU France devotes to defence the largest financial and human resources although it is not the richest country, nor has it the largest population or labour force. The cost of nuclear weapons accounts for only a small fraction of this abnormally high French defence effort. If France had...

Security governance has changed the way societies organise and control the execution of powers. This contribution will focus on the ’German’ approach, and, inevitably these days, also on the EU approach towards new threats to security, especially with regard to terrorism. The main argument...