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Experience security policy first hand
The students of the "Master of Peace and Security Studies" drove to Berlin for three days led by Dr. Patricia Schneider to experience security policy up close.
The highlights included a visit to…
5th Interdisciplinary Central Asia Day - 7 December 2018
New Tendencies in and around Central Asia: Domestic Developments, Regional Cooperation and External Relations
Central Asian states are undergoing diverse developments.
The Fifth Central Asia…
New publication: Hobsbawm in Trinidad: understanding contemporary modalities of urban violence
Eric Hobsbawm’s milestone work Bandits is attentive to the rural poor and situates social banditry within the world of peasant resistance, but his concepts are surprisingly adaptable to contemporary…
New publication: Gendarmeries in Multinational Operations
Cornelius Friesendorf (2017): Gendarmeries in Multinational Operations, in: Journal of International Peacekeeping 21: 1-2, p. 125-151. DOI:10.1163/18754112-0210100
New publication: How Western Soldiers Fight: Organizational Routines in Multinational Missions
In contemporary missions, soldiers often face unconventional opponents rather than enemy armies. How do Western militaries deal with war criminals, rioters, or insurgents? What explains differences in…
IFSH news 123 (January-March 2018) published
IFSH news 123 (January-March 2018) has been published.
Peace and Conflict Studies: Perspectives from the Global South
Peace and Conflict Studies: Perspectives from the Global South. In the framework of a workshop organized by Jun.-Prof. Solveig Richter and colleagues from the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy,…
New publication: Chapter in: Flucht, Transit, Asyl: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf ein europäisches Versprechen
Sybille Reinke de Buitrago analyzes in her chapter of the edited volume aspects of space, borders, identity and discourse in the European migration and refugee policy, Link
Reinke de Buitrago,…
OSCE Network Workshop on “Religion and Conflict / Religion and Peace”, Maynooth, Ireland
On 13 April 2018, Frank Evers participated in a workshop on “Religion and Conflict / Religion and Peace” under the auspices of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions. The workshop…
Eurasia Peace Studies Exchange coordination meeting in Hamburg
From 21-22 March 2017, the second coordination meeting of the Eurasia Peace Studies Exchange (EPSE, 2017-2018) took place at IFSH. Among the highlights of this meeting was the roundtable "Prospects…