S&F Sicherheit und Frieden

At the end of the 20th century, a lasting peace based on liberal ideas seemed within reach. Today, the liberal world view is in a deep crisis, closely linked to effects of globalization. How can we conceptualize this crisis and its consequences for...

The peace that prevailed in Western Europe after 1945 was determined by the liberal peace theory as the result of a process that was accompanied by democratization and increasing distributive justice. In Europe, however, the scope of anti-liberal...

The Internet has long been recognised as a space where extremists can disseminate propaganda, recruit, and spread hate speech. However, whilst more (empirical) research is required to fully understand the contours and scale of the issue of online...

Postmodern warfare in the 21st century can in simple terms be described as a combination of traditional and modern, indirect and direct, regular and irregular, symmetric and asymmetric, military and civilian components, following the postmodern...

Despite continued weak economic performance, Russia displays high determination to increase its global influence. On the one hand, hard power and the use of violence play a much greater role as foreign policy tools than a few years ago. On the other...

The present article examines the sparing of cultural heritage by Islamic fundamentalist groups. Several incidents are compared regionally, considering the so-called Islamic State in Syria and Iraq as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan and Ansar...

Modern liberal peace strategies emerged from specific theoretical traditions, empirical insights and historical contexts. At the same time, they have evolved over time and come in different fashions, sometimes even contradicting each other. Hence,...

Participatory theater offers a potential answer to the increasing demand for local, bottom-up and non-conventional approaches to building peace. Despite this potential, scientific research on participatory theater in peacebuilding is scarce, and...