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Uninterrupted payment transactions are relevant to security

Why payment transactions must be considered part of critical infrastructure

AI in Political Science Education: A Radical Rethink Is Needed!

Guest article on AI and teaching by Elvira Rosert, Frank Sauer and Eva Herschinger published in newspaper taz

Publication of the research paper: “Creating and Validating a Corpus and Dataset of Government-Issued Travel Advisories From the Internet Archives”

The research paper by Laura Braun und Christian Oswald (CCEW) “Creating and Validating a Corpus and Dataset of Government-Issued Travel Advisories From the Internet Archives” has been published.

CISS supports Intelligence College Europe (ICE)

CISS continues to support the Intelligence College Europe (ICE) through various courses offered from the portfolio of the Master of Intelligence and Security Studies (MISS).

Out Now: Paper on what we know about the role of gender in radicalization processes

Eva Herschinger co-authored a working paper on the state of research on the significance of gender for terrorism and radicalization

Islamist terrorism remains a global threat beyond 2025

In a new Metis-Study Eva Herschinger describes four scenarios on potential developments of Islamist Terrorism in the near future.

Participation in the GESIS International Expert Workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences

From November 26 to 28, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated in the GESIS International Expert Workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences in Cologne.

New working paper published in the CISS Munich series

The new working paper, “Wargaming: Das ist kein Spiel!” [Wargaming: "It's Not a Game!"] by Christian Nitzl, has been published.

DEFENSEFOOD: New Horizon Europe initiative launches to strengthen the EU food systems

Eva Herschinger is partner in the project on food threats.

Publication of the Symposium 2025 Report

The Symposium 2025 was a two-day event under the theme of “The Potential of Data, AI & Interdisciplinary Analysis in Situational Awareness and Decision Making”, taking place in September 2025. This report summarizes the Symposium 2025.

New working paper published in the CISS Munich series

A new working paper on “Cyber Threats and Crisis Early Warning” by Stephanie Riedl and Lena Runge is now available.

New working paper published in the CISS Munich series

A new working paper on “Urban Warfare in Gaza: Alles wie erwartet?” [Urban Warfare in Gaza: Business as Usual?] by Julian Werner is now available.

Publication of the research paper: “Listening to the wind of change: Predicting protest dynamics in autocracies using Wikipedia page changes”

The research paper by Christian Oswald (CCEW) “Listening to the wind of change: Predicting protest dynamics in autocracies using Wikipedia page changes” has been published.

Business Wargaming in the Financial Sector – Article Contribution in ReThinking Finance

In their recent publication in ReThinking: Finance, Sascha Geißler, Aline Werro, and Christian Nitzl (all CISS) analyze the potential of wargaming as a strategic management tool and demonstrate how this method can also provide significant value in the financial sector.

Participation at the AFK Methods Workshop

From September 29 to 30, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated at the AFK Methods Workshop in Frankfurt (Main).

Hot off the Press: Dream or Nightmare?

In a new publication, CISS Senior Researcher Marcel Schmeer traces the origins of “community-oriented” policing in West Berlin in the 1970s. He highlights the ambivalent perception of police presence in urban areas, caught between the conflicting priorities of state security and societal fears of surveillance.

Launch of Working Paper Series

The first working paper of the CISS Munich series is published on the topic of "Kriegsführung und Enablement" [Warfare and Enablement] by Lieutenant General Rohrschneider.

This Year’s Symposium at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin

Together with the German Federal Foreign Office, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich (UniBw M) organized the fifth Symposium on Crisis Early Warning on 17–18 September in Berlin. Under the theme “The Potential of Data, AI, and Interdisciplinary Analysis in Situational Awareness and Decision Making,” the event once again brought together representatives from academia, policy, and practice.

Publication of the research paper: „TRAVELWARN-Crawler: Constructing longitudinal datasets of government-issued travel warnings for political and social science research”

The research paper by Laura Braun and Christian Oswald (CCEW) ‘TRAVELWARN Crawler: Building Longitudinal Datasets of Government Travel Warnings for Political and Social Science Research’ has been published.

Participation at the IC2S2 2025 in Norrköping, Sweden

From July 21 to 24, the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated at the International Conference for Computational Social Science (IC2S2) in Norrköping, Sweden.

Guest Lecture by the CISS Managing Director at the German Society for Security Policy (GSP) Taubertal

On 03.07.2025, the CISS Managing Director, Lieutenant Colonel Timo Muff, gave a guest lecture at the German Society for Security Policy (GSP) Taubertal on the work of the CISS and the Green Paper ZMZ 4.0 (Civil-Military Cooperation).

3rd OSINT Forum at CISS

On 24 and 25 June 2025, the OSINT Forum took place for the third time at the Bundeswehr University Munich - organized by the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) in cooperation with HENSOLDT, the Cyber Defence and Smart Data Research Institute (FI CODE) and PD - Public Sector Advisors.

New paper on the use of AI in military intelligence

The landmark paper „The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Military Intelligence“ co-authored by Christian Nitzl has just been published as open access in the academic journal Frontiers in Human Dynamics.

Guest lecture by CCEW at the Marburg University

On July 2, 2025, Lena Runge (CCEW) delivered a guest lecture in the seminar ‘Methods of Conflict Analysis’ of the master's program in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Center for Conflict Studies at Marburg University.

Participation of the CCEW in the workshop ‘Foresight on US-China-EU Power Rivalries’

On June 24 and 25, 2025 the Center for Crisis Early Warning (CCEW) participated in the workshop ‘Foresight on US-China-EU Power Rivalries’ at the LMU in Munich.

Publication of the CCEW Symposium 2024 Report

The CCEW Symposium 2024 was a two-day event under the theme of “Predictive Synergies: Crisis Early Warning & Foresight”, taking place in September 2024. This report summarizes the CCEW Symposium 2024.

Publication of the Data Processing behind the Climate-Conflict-Vulnerability Index

After more than two years of development, the data processing behind the Climate-Conflict-Vulnerability Index (CCVI) is now published as open-source code.

New paper on intelligence and business wargaming

The research paper „On the role of intelligence and business wargaming in developing foresight” by Aline Werro, Christian Nitzl und Uwe Borghoff has been published in Technology Analysis & Strategic Management.

New paper on Named Entity Recognition published in Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences by Springer

The EUROCAST 2024 conference paper "The Application of Named Entity Recognition in Military Intelligence" by Christian Nitzl, Achim Cyran, Sascha Krstanovic and Uwe M. Borghoff has been published in Lecture Notes in Computer Sciences by Springer.

New article with participation of Uwe M. Borghoff in International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence

The article entitled "Intelligence Education Made in Europe: Critical Reflections on the German Experience" deals with the academic program of the Intelligence College in Europe (ICE) and analyzes a module for cyber intelligence.