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New FriEnt Website: Peace and development at a glance

The Working Group on Peace and Development (FriEnt) has completely revamped its website. With a clear thematic structure, simplified navigation and a modern, accessible design, the network’s work is now even more visible and easier to explore – for experts and anyone interested in peace and development alike. As before, the website is available in both German and English.
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FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum 2026: The Focus on the Future of Peacebuilding 

At a time of growing global instability and a renewed focus on security and deterrence, the FriEnt Peacebuilding Forum 2026 offers a clear counterpoint by bringing together around 150 international experts and practitioners to identify and advance new pathways towards sustainable and just peace.
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Geopolitical Change: What Europe Must Learn from Munich and New Delhi

Two international conferences, two very different perspectives: In Munich, much of the discussion centred on the crisis of the West and the future of transatlantic relations. In New Delhi, by contrast, the focus was on how states can pragmatically safeguard their interests in an increasingly fragmented world. These differences illustrate how global power dynamics are shifting – and why Europe should draw concrete conclusions from this.
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„Wo Zivilgesellschaft geschwächt wird, wachsen Autoritarismus und Gewalt“

Zivilgesellschaftliche Räume schrumpfen weltweit – mit Folgen für Frieden, Demokratie und globale Gerechtigkeit. Ralph Ellermann von Conducive Space for Peace (CSP) erklärt im Interview, warum dieser Trend kein Zufall ist, weshalb echte Freiheit nur kollektiv entstehen kann und wie eine translokale Zivilgesellschaft neue Handlungsspielräume eröffnet.
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FriEnt trauert um Jochen Steinhilber

Wir nehmen mit tiefer Trauer Abschied von Jochen Steinhilber. Sein Tod hinterlässt eine große Lücke in der Welt der internationalen Zusammenarbeit und Krisenprävention.
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FriEnt and WANEP Strengthen Cooperation 

Exploring joint work on Beyond 2030, Youth, Peace and Security, and Women, Peace and Security 
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Reinforcement in the FriEnt team

New colleagues for event management and communication
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Jugend, Frieden und Sicherheit

Bilanz und Handlungsbedarf zehn Jahre nach der UNSCR 2250
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COP30 und der Nexus Klima–Frieden–Sicherheit

Der Handlungsbedarf ist dringend
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Der neue Nationale Sicherheitsrat

Was er leisten soll – und wo zentrale Fragen offen bleiben
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FriEnt at Inauguration of UN Women Bonn Office

Ending gender-based violence was on the agenda
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