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  • The Case of Greenland: Peace and Security in the Arctic
    | 2026
    Podvorna, Olena (2026): The Case of Greenland: Peace and Security in the Arctic, PRIF Working Paper, 71, Frankfurt/M.
  • Understanding the Politics of Transparency: (Un)Making Security Futures with Security Sector Reform
    | 2026
    Barchet, Adrian; Birchinger, Sophia (2026): Understanding the Politics of Transparency: (Un)Making Security Futures with Security Sector Reform, PRIF Working Paper, 70, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFWP70
  • Personality Matters: How Mayors Navigated Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines
    | 2025
    Kreuzer, Peter (2025): Personality Matters: How Mayors Navigated Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines, PRIF Working Paper, 69, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFWP69
  • Upholding the Ban: The Role of Courts in Enforcing Prohibitions on Biological and Chemical Weapons
    | 2025
    Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth (2025): Upholding the Ban: The Role of Courts in Enforcing Prohibitions on Biological and Chemical Weapons, PRIF Working Paper, 68, Frankfurt/M.
  • Sustainable Regional Peacebuilding in Africa: Conceptual Explorations and Practical Experiences
    | 2025
    Witt, A.; Darkwa, L.; Hartmann, C.; Mutangadura, C.; Karbo, T. (2025): Sustainable Regional Peacebuilding in Africa: Conceptual Explorations and Practical Experiences, Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) Working Paper Series., Accra: University of Ghana.
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  • Assessing Irresponsibility in Cyber Operations
    | 2025
    Herbig, Sven; Reinhold, Thomas (2025): Assessing Irresponsibility in Cyber Operations. A Guide for Operators and Decision-Makers in Times of Strategic Competition, interface.
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  • Targeted Killings: Cultural Legitimacy and the Normalization of Lethal Violence in the Philippines
    | 2025
    Kreuzer, Peter (2025): Targeted Killings: Cultural Legitimacy and the Normalization of Lethal Violence in the Philippines, PRIF Working Paper, 67, Frankfurt/M.
  • Understanding Civil Society Inclusion in AU and ECOWAS Non-Military Interventions
    | 2025
    Schaaf, Jonas (2025): Understanding Civil Society Inclusion in AU and ECOWAS Non-Military Interventions, ANCIP Working Papers, No. 5, Leipzig.
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  • Façades of Security Sector Reform in Guinea-Bissau: Simulating Norm Translation
    | 2025
    Kohl, Christoph (2025): Façades of Security Sector Reform in Guinea-Bissau: Simulating Norm Translation, PRIF Working Paper, 66, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFWP66
  • (Un)Sichtbarkeit von Gewalt
    | 2025
    Ahlheim, Hannah; Cramer, Tina; Fuhrmann, Larissa-Diana; Guntrum, Laura; Ismail, Nadia; Mannitz, Sabine; Marauhn, Thilo; Lasso Mena, Verena; Oettler, Anika; Schwab, Regine; Spittler, Sara-Luise; Wolff, Jonas (2025): (Un)Sichtbarkeit von Gewalt, TraCe Working Paper, 6, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCeWP2506
  • Heuristik sicherheitspolitischer Entscheidungsprozesse
    | 2025
    Scheu, Lea Deborah (2025): Heuristik sicherheitspolitischer Entscheidungsprozesse. Ein multiperspektivischer Blick auf die Begründung von Maßnahmen gegen den Islamismus in Deutschland, PRIF Working Paper, 65, Frankfurt/M.
  • French Nineteenth Century Discourses
    | 2025
    Cahen, Raphaël (2025): French Nineteenth Century Discourses, in: von Bernstorff, Jochen (eds), The Historical School and International Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Joseph Marie Portalis (1778-1858): as advocate of Constitutional Monarchism
    | 2025
    Cahen, Raphaël (2025): Joseph Marie Portalis (1778-1858): as advocate of Constitutional Monarchism, in: Armenteros, Carolina; Lok, Matthijs (eds), The Making of Modern Atlantic Monarchies. 1770 to the present Day, Londres: Bloomsbury.
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  • The effectiveness of the EU global human rights sanctions regime
    | 2025
    Portela, Clara; Tilahun, Nathanael; Peez, Anton (2025): The effectiveness of the EU global human rights sanctions regime, Brüssel: Europäisches Parlament, Unterausschuss Menschenrechte.
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  • Amenazas de actores armados y estrategias de defensa de organizaciones comunitarias fronterizas en Nariño y Putumayo
    | 2025
    Salas Salazar, Luis Gabriel; Salas Salazar, Vicente Fernando; Wolff, Jonas (2025): Amenazas de actores armados y estrategias de defensa de organizaciones comunitarias fronterizas en Nariño y Putumayo, Documentos de Trabajo del Instituto CAPAZ (Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ)), Bogotá.
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  • Challenging the Narrative of Self-Defense in Police Operations: Bulacan Province under Duterte’s War on Drugs
    | 2025
    Peter Kreuzer (2025): Challenging the Narrative of Self-Defense in Police Operations: Bulacan Province under Duterte’s War on Drugs, PRIF Working Paper, 64, Frankfurt/M.
  • „I have a feeling the boys will understand“
    | 2025
    Brede, Giuliana (2025): „I have a feeling the boys will understand“. Geek Masculinity und Zugehörigkeit in Gaming Communities, in: Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (PRIF); Forschungsverbund RadiGaMe, Radikalisierung auf Online-Gaming-Plattformen und Messenger Diensten (eds), Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/GeekMasc
  • Studying African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices
    | 2025
    Witt, Antonia; Hartmann, Christof; Engel, Ulf (2025): Studying African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices, ANCIP Working Paper: 2, Leipzig: Universität.
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  • Memory Before Violence
    | 2024
    Buckley-Zistel, Susanne; de Wolff, Kaya; Erll, Astrid; Frank, Sybille; Hannig, Nicolai; Mannitz, Sabine; Reiss, Mariel; Schwerer, Jona; Spittler, Sara-Luise; Wingender, Monika (2024): Memory Before Violence, TraCe Working Paper, 5, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCeWP2405
  • Instrumentalising Biological Weapons-Related Allegations
    | 2024
    Jakob, Una (2024): Instrumentalising Biological Weapons-Related Allegations. Russia’s Compliance Politics and the Norms Against Biological Weapons, CBWNet Working Paper No. 14.
  • Transformations in Genocide Discourse: Paths and Politics of Recognizing Colonial Genocides
    | 2024
    Ghattas, Sally; Mannitz, Sabine; Moses, A. Dirk; Reitz, Núrel Bahí (2024): Transformations in Genocide Discourse: Paths and Politics of Recognizing Colonial Genocides, TraCe Working Paper, 4, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCeWP2404
  • Targeted Violence Against Social Activists
    | 2024
    Albarracín Dierolf, Juan; Wolff, Jonas (2024): Targeted Violence Against Social Activists. Characteristics, Causes, and Transformations, TraCe Working Paper, 3, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCeWP2403
  • The Concepts of Biosafety and Biosecurity
    | 2024
    Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth; de Vries, Barry; Veini, Sannimari; Chinchilla, Mónica (2024): The Concepts of Biosafety and Biosecurity. The Need for a Coherent Approach, CBWNet Working Paper, No. 12.
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  • Bureaucratic Power Europe
    | 2024
    Dembinski, Matthias (2024): Bureaucratic Power Europe, PRIF Working Paper, 63, Frankfurt/M.
  • Exit-Strategien: Konzeptionelle Debatten und empirische Befunde
    | 2024
    Dembinski, Matthias (2024): Exit-Strategien: Konzeptionelle Debatten und empirische Befunde, Heidelberger Forum zur Friedensethik.
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  • Co-escalation in Contentious Politics and Radicalization
    | 2024
    Abay Gaspar, Hande; Junk, Julian; Sold, Manjana; Süß, Clara-Auguste (2024): Co-escalation in Contentious Politics and Radicalization, PRIF Working Paper, 62, Frankfurt/M.
  • Coercion in Peacebuilding: A Conceptual Framework
    | 2024
    Witt, Antonia; Wolff, Jonas; Coni-Zimmer, Melanie; Mannitz, Sabine; Birchinger, Sophia (2024): Coercion in Peacebuilding: A Conceptual Framework, PRIF Working Paper, 61, Frankfurt/M.
  • Putins unmöglicher Krieg: Überlegungen zum Nicht-Rationalen in der internationalen Politik
    | 2023
    Dembinski, Matthias (2023): Putins unmöglicher Krieg: Überlegungen zum Nicht-Rationalen in der internationalen Politik, PRIF Working Paper, 60, Frankfurt/M.
  • Views about the Sámi Truth Commission: An analysis of public discourse in Swedish media 2008-2023
    | 2023
    Ecker, Merle; Mannitz, Sabine (2023): Views about the Sámi Truth Commission: An analysis of public discourse in Swedish media 2008-2023, PRIF Working Paper, 59, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFWP59
  • National Implementation of International Norms against Biological Weapons
    | 2023
    de Vries, Barry (2023): National Implementation of International Norms against Biological Weapons, CBWNet Working Paper.
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  • Time and the Growth of Trust under Conditions of Extreme Uncertainty
    | 2023
    Weipert-Fenner, Irene; Pfeifer, Hanna (2023): Time and the Growth of Trust under Conditions of Extreme Uncertainty. Illustrations from Peace and Conflict Studies, ConTrust Working Paper Series, 3, 1–14.
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  • Auf der Suche nach Expertise
    | 2023
    Tschöp, David; van Heeswijk, Emma; Hartmann, Lina; Büchsenschütz, Benedikt (2023): Auf der Suche nach Expertise. Die Schwierigkeiten bei der Auffindbarkeit von Wissensnetzwerken und Evaluationsexpertise in der Demokratieförderung, Extremismusprävention und politischen Bildung, PrEval Working Papers.
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  • Transformation(en) der Gewaltrechtfertigung?
    | 2023
    Simon, Hendrik; Brock, Lothar (2023): Transformation(en) der Gewaltrechtfertigung?. Zum Verhältnis von Kriegslegitimation und internationaler Ordnungsbildung in Geschichte und Gegenwart, TraCe Working Paper, 2, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCeWP2302
  • The Deconstruction and Reproduction of Mistrust
    | 2023
    Wolff, Jonas (2023): The Deconstruction and Reproduction of Mistrust. An exploratory study on the contested negotiation of pluralist justice systems in the Andean region, ConTrust Working Paper Series.
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  • Auf der Suche nach Expertise. Die Schwierigkeiten bei der Auffindbarkeit von Wissensnetzwerken und Evaluationsexpertise in der Demokratieförderung, Extremismusprävention und politischen Bildung
    | 2023
    Tschöp, David; van Heeswijk, Emma; Hartwig, Lina; Büchsenschütz, Benedikt (2023): Auf der Suche nach Expertise. Die Schwierigkeiten bei der Auffindbarkeit von Wissensnetzwerken und Evaluationsexpertise in der Demokratieförderung, Extremismusprävention und politischen Bildung, PrEval Working Paper, 2023: 1.
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  • Transformations of Political Violence?
    | 2022
    Daase, Christopher; Driedger, Jonas J.; Kroll, Stefan; Mannitz, Sabine; Simon, Hendrik; Wolff, Jonas (2022): Transformations of Political Violence?. A Research Program, TraCe Working Paper, 1, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFTraCeWP2201
  • End-to-End Encryption and Counterterrorism – Untying the Gordian Knot with State Hacking?
    | 2022
    Rahlf, Lotta (2022): End-to-End Encryption and Counterterrorism – Untying the Gordian Knot with State Hacking?, CSTPV Occasional Paper Series, St Andrews, Scotland: The Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence.
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  • Approaches to Decolonizing Settler Colonialism: Examples from Canada
    | 2022
    Kopp, Rita Theresa; Mannitz, Sabine (2022): Approaches to Decolonizing Settler Colonialism: Examples from Canada, PRIF Working Paper, 58, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFWP58
  • The local turn and the Global South in critical peacebuilding studies
    | 2022
    Wolff, Jonas (2022): The local turn and the Global South in critical peacebuilding studies, PRIF Working Paper, 57, Frankfurt/M.
  • The Localization of Transnational CSR Norms
    | 2021
    Coni-Zimmer, Melanie (2021): The Localization of Transnational CSR Norms. Chinese Corporations and their Contribution to “Harmonious Society”, PRIF Working Paper, 56, Frankfurt/M.
  • Students’ Civic Knowledge Achievement – A Cross-National Comparative Analysis
    | 2021
    Schlicht-Schmälzle, Raphaela (2021): Students’ Civic Knowledge Achievement – A Cross-National Comparative Analysis, PRIF Working Paper, 55, Frankfurt/M.
  • Pragmatic, Not Liberal Peace?
    | 2021
    Christiansen, Younna (2021): Pragmatic, Not Liberal Peace?. Examining the State of Research on Brazil’s Engagement in International Peace Operations, PRIF Working Paper, 54, Frankfurt/M.
  • Remembering Genocide in Namibia
    | 2021
    Reitz, Núrel Bahí; Mannitz, Sabine (2021): Remembering Genocide in Namibia, PRIF Working Paper, 53: 53, Frankfurt/M.
  • Thailand’s Security Sector “Deform” and “Reform”
    | 2021
    Chambers, Paul; Waitoolkiat, Napisa (2021): Thailand’s Security Sector “Deform” and “Reform”, PRIF Working Paper, 52: 52.
  • The Role of Gamification in Radicalization Processes
    | 2021
    Schlegel, Linda (2021): The Role of Gamification in Radicalization Processes, modus|zad (modus Zentrum für angewandte Deradikalisierungsforschung), Working Paper 1/2021.
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  • Autonome Waffensysteme und menschliche Kontrolle: Konsens über das Konzept, Unklarheit über die Operationalisierung
    | 2021
    Dahlmann, Anja; Hoffberger-Pippan, Elisabeth; Wachs, Lydia (2021): Autonome Waffensysteme und menschliche Kontrolle: Konsens über das Konzept, Unklarheit über die Operationalisierung, SWP Aktuell, 31, 1–8. DOI: 10.18449/2021A31
  • What Do We Know about Struggles over Neoliberal Reforms?
    | 2020
    Wolff, Jonas (2020): What Do We Know about Struggles over Neoliberal Reforms?. The Political Economy and the Contentious Politics of Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Latin America and beyond, PRIF Working Paper, 51, Frankfurt/M.
  • The Egyptian Experience in Dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic: Between Politics and the Media
    | 2020
    Arab Forum for Alternatives (2020): The Egyptian Experience in Dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic: Between Politics and the Media, Working Paper.
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  • Understanding Societal Perspectives on African Interventions
    | 2020
    Witt, Antonia (2020): Understanding Societal Perspectives on African Interventions. A Methodological Agenda, PRIF Working Paper, 50: 50, Frankfurt/M.
  • It's Complicated
    | 2020
    Fehl, Caroline; Rosert, Elvira (2020): It's Complicated. A Conceptual Framework for Studying Relations and Interactions between International Norms, PRIF Working Paper, 49, Frankfurt/M.