9 November is widely regarded as a kind of “day of destiny” for the Germans.

• blog post 7 Nov 2019
• Author(s) Hans-Joachim Giessmann

Each year the International Day of Peace is celebrated all over the world on 21 September.

• feature 20 Sep 2019

I am writing this blog post on the flight back from Kabul to Germany...

• blog post 4 Sep 2019
• Author(s) Hans-Joachim Giessmann

Somalia has suffered from ongoing conflict for close to three decades, leaving millions displaced and affected by violence.

• feature 29 Aug 2019

Are there parallels between the recent massacres in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio and the impending arms race following the abolition of the INF Treaty?

• blog post 13 Aug 2019
• Author(s) Hans-Joachim Giessmann

For the first time, representatives of the Afghan government and society and of the Taliban movement met in their personal capacity for a dialogue in Doha, Qatar.

• feature 23 Jul 2019

What does it mean to feel safe? Is it not being afraid to walk home at night? Or is it the ability to provide food for your family?

• feature 23 Jul 2019

• AR

On 18 June 2019, Donald Trump did what his political opponents had feared and his supporters had hoped for: He announced his intention to stand for re-election.

• blog post 28 Jun 2019
• Author(s) Hans-Joachim Giessmann

Contradictory declarations on troop withdrawals and renewed clashes in Hodeidah have underscored once again that, in Yemen, the devil is in the details.

• feature 7 Jun 2019

The time has come again: the Berghof Summer School for Young Peacebuilders is entering its fifth year.

• feature 16 May 2019