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The Women, Peace and Security Agenda in Ukraine Is A Case of Unexpected Progress

Published: 3 November 2025

Ukrainian women have become indispensable in national defense and resilience, reshaping gender norms and taking on critical roles. Without direct support for local women’s groups, their impact risks being undermined by structural exclusion.

Mariia Kurinna

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How Europe Can Contribute to Sustainable Peace in a Multipolar World

Published: 31 October 2025

Speech

Securing peace is not a utopian ideal, but a realpolitik necessity. Global security requires cooperation, justice, and ecological responsibility. To achieve this, Europe must strengthen its resilience.

Jürgen Trittin

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Western Balkans: Feminist Peacebuilding Demands Rethinking the Structures

Published: 29 October 2025

Analysis

In an age marked by rising authoritarianism and anti-gender backlash, feminist peace in the Western Balkans stands as both an act of resistance and a re-imagining of security itself. The Women, Peace and Security Agenda needs to be reviewed.

Zorana Antonijević, Ph.D.

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Women, Peace and Security Sounds Hollow in the Arab World – Now It's Time for Real Change

Published: 29 October 2025

Commentary

Twenty-five years after its creation, the Women, Peace and Security agenda sounds hollow in the Arab World. Our author argues for radical action – to finally place women at the helm of the institutions that claim to champion them.

Lina AbiRafeh

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Dossiers

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25th Foreign Policy Conference

Published: 19 August 2025

Dossier

In an increasingly fragmented world, it is time to rethink peace and security. What does it take to reclaim these concepts from a progressive, green perspective? These questions will be explored at our Annual Foreign Policy Conference.

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Human Security

Published: 13 May 2024

Dossier

The human security discourse reimagines individuals and communities as equal stakeholders in peace and security. The concept fosters pluralistic debates and addresses root causes of conflict. Our dossier provides applications of and perspectives on the concept.

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24th Foreign Policy Conference

Published: 29 November 2023

Dossier

Preserving peace on the European continent is increasingly challenging. And security guarantees by the US and NATO have become more demanding. Is the EU ready to become a credible security actor?

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Nuclear Weapons and Their Humanitarian and Ecological Consequences

Published: 9 October 2023

Dossier

In this dossier, activists from communities affected by nuclear weapons production, use and testing tell their stories. They are highlighting that the destructive effects of nuclear weapons do not belong to the past, but to the present.

Security in the Euro-Atlantic Space

Published: 18 August 2023

Dossier

For half a century, security in the Euro-Atlantic space was based on confidence-building measures between NATO and Russia, and the assumption that China would not represent a significant security challenge. This approach has come under pressure due to Russia's wars in Eastern Europe and due to China's growing revisionism.

23rd Annual Foreign Policy Conference

Published: 13 December 2022

Dossier

Our 23rd Foreign Policy Conference focused on the security challenges in Eastern Europe. What can be done to improve the security of the "twilight zone" between NATO and Russia? What are the regional and global implications of the war in Eastern Europe?

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22nd Foreign Policy Conference

Published: 5 January 2022

Dossier

The aggravating climate crisis has made the implementation of the Paris Agreement a central issue in German and European foreign policy. However, the integration of climate and foreign policy is still fraught with uncertainties. How to succeed with international climate cooperation? Our Foreign Policy Conference on January 13, 20 and 27 January 2022 was focused on these questions.

21st Foreign Policy Conference

Published: 6 January 2021

Dossier

Worldwide we are witnessing the return to great power rivalry, and – as a reaction – the calls for strategic sovereignty of the European Union are gaining strength. But how can the EU navigate through a more competitive world and maintain its core values at the same time? These questions were at the core of our 21st Foreign Policy Conference.

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Publications

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A Human Security Collapse: Enforced Disappearances and Detained Civilians in Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Published: 19 November 2025

Enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions of Ukrainian civilians by Russian authorities are systematic and widespread, yet severely underreported. Germany and the EU must use diplomatic leverage to counter this deliberate tool of war.

How Europe Can Defend Itself with Less America

Published: 27 October 2025

Report

This report examines the military gaps that would be created by a significant reduction of the U.S. military footprint in Europe. It outlines five key tasks Europeans should undertake to address these gaps.

Max Bergmann, Otto Svendsen

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For Human Security in Middle East Policy: Options for Political Action

Published: 13 June 2025

Security, dignity, and self-determination for all people in Palestine and Israel are the basis for lasting security. An approach based on international law and feminism offers further options for action.

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Why Germany Should Bolster Security Beyond Defense Amidst Trump’s Global Impact

Published: 9 May 2025

The incoming German government will have to navigate challenges that are existential to Germany, Europe. This publication applies a feminist perspective to the far-reaching impact of the second Trump administration on global peace and security.

Testing the fault lines

Published: 14 March 2025

Study

Election-related disinformation is reshaping democracies across Africa. This study examines how fake content spread during elections in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, and Senegal fuels distrust, exploits divisions, and skews public perception.

Alan Finlay, Nazarene Makena, Busola Ajibola, Tidiane Sy

Intersectional Feminist Perspectives On Cybercrime Law

Published: 28 February 2025

Policy Brief

Cybercrime threatens not only digital security but also deepens social inequalities, affecting marginalized groups like women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and human rights defenders. This policy briefing explores the risks of weaponized cyber laws and proposes a human rights-based approach.

Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, Pavlina Pavlova

Climate Security Report

Published: 6 February 2025

Report

This report reviews climate security literature, identifies key players, and analyzes case studies. It highlights actors' needs in different contexts and offers recommendations for global, regional, and local engagement, with a focus on the global South.

Alice Bergoend

Strengthening the EU’s Global Capacity to Act

Published: 7 November 2024

Policy Paper

The EU needs a resolute and coherent common European foreign policy to strengthen its political weight worldwide.The recommendations for action in this paper are to be understood primarily as a call to Member States to make better use of the existing scope for action within the EU treaties.

Dr. Jana Puglierin

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