Since 1987, the Peace Report has been published jointly by peace and conflict research institutes in Germany. Scholars from various disciplines examine ongoing international conflicts from the perspective of strategies for peace. The call for Germany to assume greater responsibility for peace is currently dominating the debate about the country's role in the world. Numerous conflicts are challenging the current world order. Whether in the Ukraine, in Syria, or in Iraq, worldwide armed conflicts demonstrate in a disturbing manner that wars are accelerating, spreading regionally, and...

How can Europe ensure humane treatment and meet its shared responsibility for the causes of flight? The power struggles in Syria and in Iraq have expanded into the largest war currently being waged. An element of the conflict is the terrorism of the self-proclaimed Islamic State, a group which also evolved as a response to efforts by the West to exert hegemonial influence in the region. The Peace Report is the joint yearbook of the German Institutes of Peace and Conflict Research. Researchers from various disciplines investigate the realities of conflicts in various countries around the...