Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) Updates

Introduction: In Times of Trouble The world is in flux. The New Agenda for Peace describes a world in transition to a new, more multipolar global order in which the “unity of purpose expressed by...

By Tim Epple and Amelie Overmann This briefing explores Germany’s role in advancing climate-sensitive peace mediation. Mediation theory and practice is starting to adapt to the impacts of the climate...

Annika S. Hansen, Wibke Hansen, Tobias von Gienanth, Monika Benkler, Tobias Pietz, Martin Waehlisch 1. Introduction Peace operations are the UN’s most visible expression of multilateral crisis...

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On 12/13 and 15/16 August, ZIF held two two-day workshops in Bougainville together with its partner organization Peace and Conflict Studies Institute Australia (PaCSIA). The activity was conducted...

ZIF Annual Report 2023 published The ZIF Annual Report 2023 is online! The report includes facts and figures on peace missions, secondees and ZIF's work over the past year. It also provides concise...

How can the New Agenda be implemented? Tobias von Gienant International peace operations are under immense pressure. The disastrous end of the NATO mission in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021...

Current Developments Compared to the previous year, the total number of peacekeeping personnel has remained roughly constant at 135,000. The number of military personnel has fallen (119,800 to...

The new edition of our world map of peace operations offers up-to-date information and figures on missions by the UN, EU, OSCE and other organizations as well as the respective German participation...

On 11 December 2023, the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) signed a secondment agreement at the Federal Foreign...

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SECONDMENTS TO HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS Since 2019, ZIF has been seconding experts of various professional profiles to humanitarian operations worldwide on behalf of the German Federal Foreign Office...

Reinventing Peace Operations: ZIF and SWP launch new publications At today’s joint launch event, ZIF together with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs presented two new...

von Lara Horstmann With the increase in protracted humanitarian crises, there is a growing need for more efficient international cooperation between humanitarian, development and peace policy...

Current Developments The downsizing trend that prevailed from 2015 to 2021 reversed in 2022, if only minimally. In September 2022, around 135,000 persons were deployed in international peace...

Examples of the ways disinformation can intensify conflict is apparent in a variety of countries – including South Sudan 2016, Myanmar 2017 and Russia’s war in Ukraine (since February 2022).

The downsizing trend that began in 2015 continued in 2020/2021. In September 2021, around 134,000 persons were deployed in international peace operations, compared with around 155,000 a year earlier,...

Carina Böttcher, Andreas Wittkowsky Executive Summary In their coalition agreement for 2021-2025, the three parties forming Germany’s new federal government declared their intent to actively...

INTRODUCTION Despite the many steps taken at regulatory and policy level to limit human suffering during war, civilians living in conflict zones and violent environments remain the principal victims...

In order to master the challenges posed by Armed Groups Designated as Terrorist Organizations (AGDTOs), peace operations need to apply people-centered approaches specifically tailored to the social,...