From the Cold War to the Ukraine War The Impact of Events and Turning Points on Public Opinion on Foreign and Security Policy

Markus Steinbrecher is Senior Researcher at ZMSBw, Potsdam, Germany since 2015. Previous positions at Universität Mannheim, Germany, Northwestern University, US, and Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Germany. Co-ordinator of ERGOMAS WG “Public Opinion, Mass Media, and the Military”. Main research areas: Military sociology (civil-military relations, socialization), security policy, public opinion, political behavior, political psychology.

Thomas Ferst is Researcher at MILAK at the ETH, Zurich, Switzerland since 2015 and project manager for the «Sicherheit» (Security) study series. Deputy Head of the Military Sociology department at MILAK, Co-ordinator of ERGOMAS WG “Public Opinion, Mass Media, and the Military”. Main research areas: public opinion, security policy.