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Publications

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Şahin-Mencütek, Z., & Sıddıkoğlu, H., & Barthoma, S.

Return Governance and Diplomacy between Türkiye and Afghanistan

Wiley (2025)

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bicc policy brief

von Boemcken, M.

Rüstung erschwert Entwicklung (meistens)

bicc , Bonn (2025)

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Journal article

Mkutu, K., & Atieno Owino, E., & Schetter, C., & Mkutu, T.

Double Gain, Double Loss: Property Rights and Dispossession Surrounding Kenya’s Rail Project

Sage Publications , London (2025)

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Events

Tuesday, 20th May, 2025
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IMPULSE Café

Monday, 9th June, 2025
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21st IDDRTG Annual & Extraordinary Meetings

Monday, 19th May, 2025
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Laying the Ground for Peace: A Holistic Approach to Community Violence Reduction

Saturday, 10th May, 2025

Call for Papers: Fourth CESAI Conference on Afghan Studies

Monday, 5th May, 2025
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Violent Extremism and Transgenerational Resilience in Mindanao

Thursday, 3rd April, 2025
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Postdoc Day 2025 - The Broad Spectrum of Bonn's Science Scape

Saturday, 29th March, 2025
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After the Afghanistan Review: Closure or New Shared Responsibility for Germany?

Tuesday, 18th March, 2025
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Local Perspectives on the HDP Nexus

Monday, 17th March, 2025
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IMISCOE Spring Conference 2025

Wednesday, 5th March, 2025
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Bordering Practices, Refugees, and Civil Society

Sunday, 2nd March, 2025
Hybrid

ISA's 66th Annual Convention: Reconnecting International Studies

Monday, 24th February, 2025
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Ukrainian Forced Displacement: Challenges and Prospects Three Years on

Friday, 21st February, 2025
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Minorities at War: Cultural Identity and Resilience in Ukraine

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In the Media

Why The New Wave Of Militant Attacks?

Interview with Oyewole Oginni, Channels Television, 03 May 2025

Das „freundliche Gesicht der Weltpolitik“ – Chinas Rolle im Handelskrieg mit den USA

Podcast with quotes by Conrad Schetter, BR24, 17. April 2025 (in German)

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger… dans la nuit sahélienne, tous les chats sont kaki

Column by Yvan Guichaoua, liberation.fr, 17 April 2025 (in French)

Germany Set to Ease Arms Sales to Middle East

Article with quotes by Marius Bales, The National, 03 April 2025

Sicherheitsexperten warnen vor "Alarmismus" im Umgang mit Russland

Statement by Conrad Schetter et al., stern.de, 01 April 2025 (in German)

Sicherheitslage in Europa: Wettrüsten verhindern

Article by Max Mutschler, taz.de, 28 March 2025 (in German)

Europa rüstet auf: Ist das wirklich alternativlos?

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, perspective-daily.de, 26. March 2025 (in German)

US-Luftangriffe auf Huthi im Jemen

Radio interview with Marius Bales, radioeins.de, 21 March 2025 (in German)

Afghanistan: IS-Dschihadisten fordern Taliban heraus

Article with quotes by Conrad Schetter, dw.com, 17 February 2025 (in German)

Waffenexporte nach Israel: Deutschland liefert trotz brüchigem Waffenstillstand

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, taz.de, 12 February 2025 (in German)

Deutsche Afghanistan-Aufarbeitung geht zuende

Article with quotes by Katja Mielke, Afghanistan Zhaghdablai, 29 January 2025 (in German)

Bericht zu Afghanistan-Einsatz: Ambivalente Empfehlungen für Hochrisikoeinsätze

Article with quotes by Katja Mielke, taz.de, 28 January 2025 (in German)

Was bedeutet ein Stopp des Familiennachzugs?

Article with quotes by Benjamin Etzold, mediendienst-integration.de, 30 January 2025 (in German)

Enquête-Kommission macht Empfehlungen für Auslandseinsätze

Article with quotes by Katja Mielke, nd-aktuell.de, 27 January 2025 (in German)

Fresh influx worsens Rohingya crisis

Article with quotes by Benjamin Etzold, thedailystar.net, 27 January 2025

Germany exports more and more weapons

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, dw.com, 18 December 2024 (in German)

German weapons all over the world

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, taz.de, 18 December 2024 (in German)

Careful examination of arms exports to Israel

Article with quotes by Max Mutschler, tagesspiegel.de, 18 December 2024 (in German)

SIPRI report on arms sales: “Significant increase”

Interview with Max Mutschler, WDR 5, 2 December 2024 (in German)