Center for Security and Defense

Applications for Our Research

At DGAP’s Center for Security and Defense, we conduct research and provide advice on various aspects of security and defense policy. We aim to create a better understanding of fundamental issues and identify options for action among both political decision-makers and the general public.

We have extensive expertise in German, European, and transatlantic security and defense policy. We analyze military capabilities, armaments cooperation, and technological innovation as well as nuclear deterrence, arms control, and non-proliferation.

Furthermore, we work in the field of civilian crisis prevention, stabilization, and peacebuilding, seeking to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Germany’s stabilization efforts and to sustainably strengthen cooperation among the landscape of national actors. We also initiate or further develop discussion points for the German government to use in its interdepartmental and interministerial reflection and learning processes.

Within the framework of our project Risk Reduction and Arms Control in the Asia-Pacific, we work to build and transfer knowledge on current security issues and conflict risks in this key region and to develop approaches for stability. In publications and workshops, our experts share their analysis and its relevance for Germany and Europe with stakeholders and the general public.