This centre is an in the process of establishing itself as a new research centre in the Institute for Politics and International Studies. Its research remit is to study the social and political implications of science and technology in the broadest sense. Current research programmes focus on issues of international security and nuclear non-proliferation including the safety and security of nuclear weapons.
Active research is in progress in several areas.
One particular project is on US-Russian strategic relations which will culminate in the publication of a book later this year. The study is concerned with strategic nuclear relations between the United States and Russia after the Cold War, strategic force modernization and arms control, and Cooperative Threat Reduction. The large nuclear powers are confronted with the important question of the future of their nuclear arsenals. So far, despite the end of the Cold War and the dismantlement of the massive military confrontation Europe, the essential structure of the nuclear arsenals has remained, including the posture of rapid massive launch of nuclear weapons in the event of a confirmed attack. Many academics, activists, military experts and politicians consider this situation to be very dangerous and are calling for substantial changes in nuclear policy.