News
The latest news and commentary from the Berghof Foundation.
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event | 3 Mar 2026 Women peacebuilders at the centre
Join our International Women’s Day event to explore how we can strengthen peacebuilding practice without negatively affecting women peacebuilders.
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feature | 5 Feb 2026 “Peace education builds skills for the future.”
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feature | 29 Jan 2026 What makes transitional justice transformative?
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event | 26 Nov 2025 Video: Climate finance blind spots – closing the gap
Watch our event recording to explore how global funding mechanisms can better reach fragile and conflict-affected contexts with insights from our Afghanistan report.
Latest Blog Posts
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13 Feb 2026 We are defunding peace – and calling it security
Chris Coulter
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14 Jan 2026 What we miss when we label people “vulnerable”
Jana Sleem
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17 Dec 2025 Strengthening women insider mediators by navigating context specific gender dynamics
Carla Schraml
Women peacebuilders at the centreHow psychosocial awareness makes peacebuilding safer, more sustainable, and more effective
Join our International Women’s Day event to explore how we can strengthen peacebuilding practice without negatively affecting women peacebuilders.
- event 3 Mar 2026
We are defunding peace – and calling it security
As leaders gather in Munich amid record defence budgets, Chris Coulter argues that lasting security depends on the patient work of conflict prevention and mediation.
- blog post 13 Feb 2026
- Author(s) Chris Coulter
“Peace education builds skills for the future.”Launch of non-fiction book on peace and war for young people
Our colleague Anne Kruck talks about the how young people in Germany engage with conflicts today and what helps them to understand and respond to them.
- feature 5 Feb 2026
What makes transitional justice transformative?Insights from practitioners
Read about lessons learned and recommendations from our practitioners’ conference.
- feature 29 Jan 2026
What we miss when we label people “vulnerable”Why context and lived experience must guide how we use the term
Vulnerability rarely reflects identity. It reflects context. This blog explores why acknowledging that distinction matters for language, analysis and peace practice.
- blog post 14 Jan 2026
- Author(s) Jana Sleem
Strengthening women insider mediators by navigating context specific gender dynamics
How can women’s roles in mediation be truly meaningful? Read why peace processes must be locally grounded and attentive to gender-specific realities.
- blog post 17 Dec 2025
- Author(s) Carla Schraml
Video: Climate finance blind spots – closing the gapHow can climate finance reach fragile and conflict-affected countries?
Watch our event recording to explore how global funding mechanisms can better reach fragile and conflict-affected contexts with insights from our Afghanistan report.
- event 26 Nov 2025
From transition to transformationRethinking transitional justice in challenging circumstances
Our Global Learning Hub for Transitional Justice and Reconciliation brought policymakers and practitioners together in Berlin to discuss how strategies must evolve.
- feature 13 Nov 2025
No peace at COP30? Why that’s a risk the world can’t afford
Read why peace, good governance and climate adaptation should not be separate agendas at COP30.
- blog post 12 Nov 2025
- Author(s) Nazanine Moshiri
Investing in peaceThe role of dialogue and conflict mediation in ensuring Europe’s security
Funding for non-military interventions is at an all-time low. While it is important to prepare for our defence, we must also invest in peace.
- feature 7 Nov 2025