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  • Reform or Decline: The United Nations at a Crossroads
    | 2026
    Yuan, Xinyu; Hach, Sascha; Leonhard, Lucas Kori; Mathez, Myriel Julie; Schissler, Frederik; Speyer, Johanna; Bethke, Felix; Kroll, Stefan (2026): Reform or Decline: The United Nations at a Crossroads, PRIF Working Paper, 73, Frankfurt/M. DOI: 10.48809/PRIFWP73
  • Major Non-NATO Ally Status: The Politics of Security Norms
    | 2026
    Ben Aharon, Eldad (2026): Major Non-NATO Ally Status: The Politics of Security Norms, PRIF Working Paper, 72, Frankfurt/M.
  • The Long Shadow of Colonial Violence Against LGBTIQ+ Kenyans
    | 2026
    Reiss, Mariel; Karijo, Āryā Jeipea (2026): The Long Shadow of Colonial Violence Against LGBTIQ+ Kenyans, TraCe Working Paper, 8, Frankfurt/Main.
  • 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
  • The Internationalization of Armed Intrastate Conflict: A Systematic Assessment of the State of Research, Data, and Explanations
    | 2026
    Schissler, Frederik; Bethke, Felix; Pfeifer, Hanna; Ruhe, Constantin; Schwab, Regine; Wolff, Jonas (2026): The Internationalization of Armed Intrastate Conflict: A Systematic Assessment of the State of Research, Data, and Explanations, TraCe Working Paper, 7, Frankfurt/Main.
  • 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.
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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.
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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