Publications

Archival cataloging and indexing of correspondence in the Helmut Schmidt Archive

On the 120th birthday of the Hamburg publisher Gerd Bucerius

A look at the influence of the European Union in the Hanseatic city

Europe needs an independent foreign policy

Long Night of Museums 2026 at the Helmut Schmidt Forum invites people to talk and exchange ideas

A brief look at the history of compulsory military service and an invitation to a discussion in the Helmut Schmidt Forum

Recommendations for institutional reform at the trade-security nexus

On 18 March 1976, the German Bundestag passes the law on co-determination in companies

Challenges and potential of games for political education and participation

New BKHS platform on youth, peace and security

A safety manoeuvre in a storm

The Port of Hamburg as an example of sustainable security policy

The latest BKHS Magazine "Strengthening Partner Europe!" has been published - A look inside the magazine

Rethinking economic security: Hamburg as a safe harbour for an inclusive geo-economy

Peace powered by youth: Germany needs to champion the Youth, Peace and Security agenda

Dealing with terrorism in the Federal Republic of Germany since the Second World War

The first World Economic Summit was held 50 years ago

Helmut Schmidt's understanding of democracy and what we can learn from it

The origin of Helmut Schmidt's probably best-known nickname

On the challenges facing Gen Z and their significance for the resilience of our democracy

What do the recent mass protests in Kenya, Nepal and Morocco have in common? All have been described as ‘Gen Z’ protests – a reference to the generation born in the late 1990s and early 2000s – as they have seen a mass mobilisation of young people on the streets. Young people around the world are demanding their right to be involved in decisions that affect their present and their future.

Political developments and the future of the democratic order

International experts develop policy recommendations for implementing the Youth, Peace and Security agenda

Helmut Schmidt and the secret services - current travelling exhibition at the Helmut Schmidt Forum shows the effects of Stasi crimes

European capacity to act in a changing world

Britain’s ongoing struggle over its membership of the European Community (EC)

Europe needs a co-operative geo-economic approach

Insights into the evaluation results of "Unlock Europe"

A review of America's industrial policy experiment

BKHS travelling exhibition tours the country in politically turbulent times

Industrial challenges for developing countries and policy recommendations for the EU

Industrial challenges for low- and middle-income countries and policy recommendations for the EU

Where is Europe's ability to act in foreign and security policy?

From aspiration to reality

New BKHS eyewitness project: Employees of the Federal Chancellor talk about working with a tireless boss

Former Chancellor urged the major powers to work together in China 20 years ago

New book "Schmidt! Living Democracy" is also dedicated to controversial topics

Review of the Helmut Schmidt Lecture 2024: Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu presents "democratic peopleism"

Fourth issue of the BKHS Magazine presents important aspects of defence-oriented democracies

Ahead of the Helmut Schmidt Lecture "For a Just Democracy", we take a look at Germany, the USA and Turkey

13 policy briefs scrutinise the future of the UN, gender equality and acute crises

Painted in oil by the Leipzig painter, the statesman returns to the Chancellery in 1986

39. President of the USA turns 100 - Looking back on a crisis-ridden era of foreign policy

Accessible exhibition tour focuses on the fight for the rights of people with disabilities

Today, the lack of access to digital space is a structural problem

Successor Kohl favoured copper cable - ex-chancellor later asked: What is a terminal device?

Social inequalities, climate change and international rivalry are forcing a rethink

A place of quiet diplomacy during the Cold War: burial of President Tito 45 years ago

The path to an inclusive geoeconomy

Struggling for relevance in an era of changes: The Ukraine war and the UN's future role in peace and security crises

Concept brings movement to the debate on inequality

Continuity and concentration - "Not so badly done"

The elections to the European Parliament will take place on 9 June 2024. In Germany, young people aged 16 and over will be able to vote for the first time and they are demanding that their voices be heard in politics. Issues relating to peace and security are increasingly among the core interests that influence their voting decisions.

Archive discovery about the interplay between politics and science

16 and 17-year-olds called up for the first time - but forecasts predict a massive shift to the right

About traditions and today's responsibility to shape museums - #Challenging Democracy celebrates its premiere in Berlin

From Brandt to Schmidt - International conference sheds light on the historical background

A trade paradigm for the age of geoeconomic competition: Not economic, but human security

Constitution still surprisingly fresh and modern today - But right-wing extremists are targeting fundamental rights

New report by BKHS and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung shows that it is becoming increasingly difficult to build peace

New themed tour at the Helmut Schmidt Forum on the importance of visual communication

Pandemics, human rights or the climate crisis: dangers do not stop at borders and require new concepts

A scholarly examination of Helmut Schmidt as an intellectual

Two days before Christmas: Special session in Hamburg City Hall makes headlines

Review of the Helmut Schmidt Lecture 2023 on the topic "Remaking Globalisation!"

Concrete ideas for reshaping globalisation in the third issue of BKHS Magazine

"Investment boom" in Germany with more and more formats as a lucrative business

Helmut Schmidt Lecture 2023 with the President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy Moritz Schularick in Berlin

Conference opens up multifaceted perspectives on the NATO Double-Track Decision and its consequences

Two power-conscious and eloquent rivals engaged in a rhetorical duel

Helmut Schmidt and his commitment to German unity

Loki and Helmut Schmidt's home as the subject of research

China's New Silk Road project turns ten while the G7 struggles for "economic security"

Exhibition about the Kislau concentration camp spans the present day

"Global Expert Group" develops proposals for conflict resolution and peacebuilding of the future

Helmut Schmidt's role in the founding of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

How democratic is lot-based public participation really?

How the Spiegel affair contributed to the Hamburg press law

Despite massive anti-nuclear protests: Chancellor Schmidt saw nuclear power as the key to energy independence

Exhibitions as venues for current debates - varied programme at the Helmut Schmidt Forum

Sino-German Relations in the Mirror of Time - Conference on International Perspectives on China

Escape game provides a playful introduction to European peace and security policy

Loki Schmidt as a pioneer of nature and species conservation in Germany

Russian attack on Ukraine exacerbates global crises - BKHS and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung establish global network of conflict experts

More topical than ever: Helmut Schmidt published almost 50 titles - An author with conviction and authenticity

No change through trade - How the US and the EU can protect themselves from critical dependencies

The statesman's letters are being systematically catalogued for the first time

Helmut Schmidt's mother Ludovika worked as a maid - her parents had a white goods shop on Mundsburger Damm

International Conference of BKHS and Europa-Kolleg Hamburg: FOTAR - The Future of Transatlantic Relations

Speaking up is not only about the right to express an opinion, but also about who is going to listen, which consequences one might fear - and the courage to do it anyway. This issue of the BKHS Magazine celebrates people who dare to speak up all over the globe: journalists in the face of declining press freedom, peacebuilders in the midst of war, artists at risk of persecution, human rights defenders up against repression, workers demanding fair wages, LGBTQI* activists in their fight against discrimination and women* claiming the power to make choices about their own bodies.

Fears about the future and a lack of trust in the EU are a challenge for us all

Hatice Cengiz on her life after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi: A fight for press freedom, human rights and justice

On the togetherness, coexistence and opposition of the two social democrats and statesmen

The opportunity for a value-based EU-US economic policy both internally and externally

Helmut Schmidt at the wheel: parking offences, collisions with trams and other "motor vehicle matters"

Helmut Schmidt recognised the value of archives for the future during his lifetime

Schmidt-Map takes you to surprising places - historical facts in compact form

Our new podcast takes you on a musical tour of Germany

First Helmut Schmidt Future Prize: Vanessa Nakate stands for justice and climate activism in the Global South

From Crisis Manager to Agenda Setter: Policy Recommendations for the G7 from the Next Generation of Leaders

The role of the G7 for a value-based foreign policy

High-profile media campaign in 1980 exposed the spying on homosexuals in public toilets

Crimes such as those currently taking place are not an unavoidable side effect of wars, but often a deliberate decision by the warring parties. The international community does not have to stand idly by.

The idea of "human duties" in the state as a supplement to the "Declaration of Human Rights"

Government as friend or foe - Broad majority in favour of arms deliveries to Ukraine

The NATO Double-Track Decision as leverage for disarmament negotiations

The offence of genocide fulfilled" - Helmut Schmidt paves the way for rehabilitation of German Sinti and Roma

What his service diary from 1977 reveals about the man and politician Helmut Schmidt

The Lorenz abduction in 1975 as a turning point in Germany's approach to terrorism

On the connection between the global economy and social peace

A critical look at the US President's first year in office

The Interactions Between European Integration and German Reunification

40 years ago: Chancellor Schmidt meets Erich Honecker at the German-German summit after two cancellations

EU peacebuilding under China's influence: a growing challenge?

A discussion on EU trade policy, the transatlantic trade partnership and the future of the World Trade Organisation

The pressure that democracy is under at home and abroad has also given a new impetus to thinking about and mobilising for democracy. But what does "living democracy" really mean?

Reading and writing in the Schmidt household - insights into the library in Langenhorn

A guest article by Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Why the "peace through democracy" approach is in crisis and what alternatives there are

On the friendship between two politicians and their shared desire for peace

Transatlantic co-operation

in co-operation with the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH)

Young, digital, engaged? The role of "online" in the political participation mix of young people in Germany

Relics in the Schmidt House commemorate the building of the Wall 60 years ago

A fictitious speech recalls the guidelines of Schmidt's European policy

Was Helmut Schmidt und Uwe Seeler miteinander verbindet

Helmut Schmidt took the helm on his diplomatic mission

Helmut Schmidt joined the SPD 75 years ago

The interim results of Europe Day on 9 May are thought-provoking

Helmut Schmidt was never a shirt-sleeved "doer"

Dissent and democracy in Germany - A review of the 20th anniversary of Jugend debattiert

Helmut Schmidt's early career as head of office in Hamburg

How the zero issue of Die Zeit was discovered in the Helmut Schmidt archive and why the former German Chancellor became editor

40 years ago: Helmut Schmidt's nuclear policy makes him the enemy of the protest movement

The estate of Helmut Schmidt's brother Wolfgang sheds light on the family history

50 years ago: The Bundeswehr's hairnet decree causes outrage

On 20 January 2021, Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States - also, as US political scientist Brian Klaas recently commented in the Washington Post, to "save democracy".

"Democracy is not a state, democracy is a process." Helmut Schmidt