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👉 UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENT!

📅 Thursday, February 12 at the IIP!

🗣️ Mona Ali Khalil, Martin Nesirky, Johannes Swoboda, Angela Kane

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👉 ÖFFENTLICHE VERANSTALTUNG

📅 Dienstag, 24. Februar am IIP!

🤝 PEN-Club Austria

🗣️ Hannes Swoboda, Shoura Zehetner-Hashemi

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Lesung für Freiheit im Iran — IIP
Die Plattform literatur*grenzenlos / PEN Austria und das Internationale Institut für den Frieden dazu entschlossen, mit einer künstlerischen Veranstaltung ihre Solidarität und ihr Mitgefühl mit den Me...
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February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
👉 The UN and the Decline of Multilateralism

🗣️ Hannes Swoboda, Angela Kane, Mona Ali Khalil, Martin Nesirky

💭 As the United Nations marks 80 years, participants reflected on its evolving role amid growing geopolitical tensions and the upcoming departure of António Guterres.
February 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
👉 NEW PEACE BLOG: “The Price of Peace: US Strategy and DRC’s Critical Minerals”

📰 READ HERE: www.iipvienna.com/new-blog/202...
The Price of Peace: US Strategy and DRC's Critical Minerals — IIP
Behind the promise of peace, a set of US-backed agreements reshape how the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s minerals, infrastructure, and political choices are tied to Washington’s strategic priorit...
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February 11, 2026 at 3:12 PM
👉 NEUER PEACE BLOG: “EUROPA - ENDLICH LOS VON DEN USA?“

💭 “Vielleicht ist es Trump – zumindest in Ansätzen – „gelungen“, mehr Einigung in dieses Europa zu bringen.”

📰 MEHR UNTER: www.iipvienna.com/new-blog/202...
EUROPA - ENDLICH LOS VON DEN USA? — IIP
Für mich waren die USA immer ein wichtiger aber anderseits schwieriger Partner Europas. Ich gehörte nie zu denen, die die USA als eine kulturlose Nation angesehen haben.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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👉 UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENT!

📅 Thursday, February 12 at the IIP!

🗣️ Mona Ali Khalil, Martin Nesirky, Johannes Swoboda, Angela Kane

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February 9, 2026 at 11:06 AM
👉 Our Annual Report 2025 is available now!

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February 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Zum 4. Mal jährt sich der russische Überfall auf die Ukraine. Darum veranstalten wir mit der Jungen Generation Wien, der SPÖ Alsergrund und GR @derackerl.bsky.social am 20.2. ein Symposium und zeigen im Anschluss den Film 20 Tage in Mariupol👇

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February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
👉 UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENT!

📅 Thursday, February 12 at the IIP!

🗣️ Mona Ali Khalil, Martin Nesirky, Johannes Swoboda, Angela Kane

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February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
🎥 „Rethinking European Security and Defense: What Are We Defending?“

🗣️ Peter Potman, Hannes Swoboda, Luiza Bialasiewicz, Anna Van Zoest, Gustav Gressel, Goran Buldioski, Monika Sus

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Rethinking European Security and Defense: What Are We Defending?
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February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
👉 NEW PEACE BLOG “EUROPEAN DEFENSE AND THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC”

💭 “There is no doubt that we experience at the moment an enormous disruption in international relations.”

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EUROPEAN DEFENSE AND THE EUROPEAN PUBLIC — IIP
The efforts for an effective European defense has a long and contradictory history.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:47 PM
👉 Peace Matters #38 OUT NOW! Democratizing Security in Europe.

🎧 Teresa Coratella @taszuc.bsky.social and Tomasz Kowalik discuss what it really means to democratize security in today’s Europe.

🎙 Watch and listen here: youtu.be/1wg3HXFSOps?...
PEACE MATTERS #38: Democratizing Security in Europe. Teresa Coratella and Tomasz Kowalik
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January 29, 2026 at 1:27 PM
👉 DEMOCRATIZING EUROPEAN SECURITY & DEFENSE: Rethinking It Together

💡 How can European security and defense be made more transparent, inclusive, and understandable for citizens?

🗣️ Peter Potman, Hannes Swoboda, Luiza Bialasiewicz, Anna Van Zoest, Gustav Gressel, Goran Buldioski, Monika Sus
January 28, 2026 at 5:25 PM
🕊️ We were very happy to welcome Casa Cultural Colombiana en Austria – CCC at the IIP. As a gesture of thanks for a joint event we held last May, they came by to gift a beautiful painting, which we are proud to display at our office.

🤝 We value this exchange and look forward to more collaborations.
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
🎙️ Am 27. Jänner spricht IIP-Direktorin Stephanie Fenkart im ORF RadioKulturhaus mit der Journalistin und Autorin Solmaz Khorsand über die „DNA der Demokratie“. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, warum Demokratie kein Sprint, sondern ein Marathon ist.
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
🗣️ INTERVIEW “Iran protests. Will the collapsing economy topple the regime?”

🎥 Hannes Swoboda talked to @mghodsi.bsky.social from @wiiw.ac.at about the current situation in Iran and the severe economic hardship amid the protests

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January 23, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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Iran protests: Will the collapsing economy topple the regime? An interview with our economist and #Iran expert @mghodsi.bsky.social, conducted by @iipvienna.com President Hannes Swoboda.
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Iran Protests. Will the collapsing economy topple the regime?
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January 23, 2026 at 10:13 AM
🤝 The IIP was visited by a group of young students from @sorbonne-universite.fr. We discussed our work, ongoing projects, and pressing global topics. It’s always good to engage in dialogue with young interested students!
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
👉 NEW PEACE BLOG “Eurasian continent in the Multipolar World Order 2.0.”

💭“The world order is no longer unipolar nor in a bipolar stage. What now exists should be called the Multipolar World Order 2.0.”

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Eurasian continent in the Multipolar World Order 2.0 — IIP
The world order is no longer unipolar nor in a bipolar stage. What now exists should be called the Multipolar World Order 2.0.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
🎤 President of the IIP Hannes Swoboda interviewing Mahdi Ghodsi @mghodsi.bsky.social on the current situation in Iran 🇮🇷.

🎥 The whole video will be on our Youtube channel soon!
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
️🗣️ The IIP welcomed partners from our #SecureBlackSea project for a coordination meeting.

🤝 We examined project developments, shared insights from fieldwork across the Black Sea region, and mapped out upcoming milestones and joint activities.

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January 20, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Looking ahead to 2026 🌍

Our meeting with the team and former colleagues at the IIP focused on the year ahead — a time shaped by many pressing and challenging global issues. Complex times demand thoughtful dialogue, collaboration, and renewed commitment to peace!
January 20, 2026 at 3:12 PM
👉 UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENT!

📅 Tuesday, January 27 at the Residence of the Dutch Ambassador!

🗣️ Peter Potman, Hannes Swoboda, Luiza Bialasiewicz, Anna Van Zoest, @gresselgustav.bsky.social, Leo Litra, Goran Buldioski, Monika Sus

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January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM
👉 NEW PEACE BLOG “IRAN - COULD WE HAVE DONE BETTER?”

💭 “Could we in Europe have done better, should we have developed another policy to prevent the regime developing into a rogue - and at least regionally - dangerous regime?”

📰 MEHR UNTER: www.iipvienna.com/new-blog/202...
IRAN - COULD WE HAVE DONE BETTER? — IIP
With horror, sadness and helplessness we look at the reports from Iran. Again the regime is crushing the massive protests and killing thousands of innocent people. Could we in Europe have done better,...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:35 AM
👉 “Kein Ende der Geschichte und kein Ende der Neutralität“

💭 Neutralität wurde in der Geschichte fast nur im Zusammenhang von großen Kriegen verletzt, in denen die ersten Ziele immer die feindlichen Großstaaten und Bündnisse - und nicht neutrale Staaten - waren

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Kein Ende der Geschichte und kein Ende der Neutralität — IIP
Im Vergleich zur Bündnismitgliedschaft erweist sich Neutralität als bessere Option. Ein Gastkommentar von Heinz Gärtner, erschienen im KURIER am 06.01.2026
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January 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
👉 UPCOMING PUBLIC EVENT!

📅 Tuesday, January 27 at the Residence of the Dutch Ambassador!

🤝 Ca'Foscari University, @ecfrrome.bsky.social, @polskaakademianauk.bsky.social, @eui-eu.bsky.social, Dutch Embassy in Austria

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January 13, 2026 at 1:32 PM