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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jul 24

🧭 New from CIRP:
Nuri Korkmaz (our affiliate) has published a timely study in the Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (July 2025) titled “Reconnecting Divided Urban Spaces through Cross‑Border Cooperation in the Bulgarian–Greek Borderland.
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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jul 21

After 10 years as Honorary Professor at CIRP, Nathalie Tocci gave her final seminar on “The EU in International Politics” last Friday.

From her first lecture in 2015 to her last in 2025 — thank you, Nathalie, for a decade of sharp insights & dedicated teaching. Tübingen will miss you

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jul 21

check out a full recap here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties...

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jul 21

After tough rounds of negotiation (and some chaos), we landed an agreement on a 24h humanitarian pause.🕊️

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jul 21

🌍 27 MAPIR students from Tübingen spent 3 days simulating peace talks on the Sudan conflict.
Held at Burg Liebenzell, this was the hands-on part of our “Theories & Practices of Mediation” seminar.

Unconventional, intense, and an amazing way to learn what mediation actually feels like.

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jul 11

missed the plenary, made the point.
@thomasdiez.bsky.social at #EWIS2025 on why international society needs to be studied from below — through the everyday, not just diplomacy.
read more in the post ↓
#EverydayIR #EISA #InternationalStudies

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jun 10

🎙 Nuri Tahir: "The Cyprus Conundrum and EU Integration Efforts through the Green Line Regulation: A New Pattern for a Federal Solution on a Divided Island?"
🗓 Wednesday, June 18, 2025
🕓 4:00 PM c.t.

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Jun 10

📢 Join us for our next Departmental Seminar!

Whether you already are a Cyprus expert or just curious about European integration and conflict resolution, this seminar promises insights for everyone. Don’t miss it!

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 20

#JeanMonnetConference #ThomasDiez #EUForeignPolicy #NormativePower #GreatPowerPolitics #EUChinaRelations #SinoEuropeanDialogue #UniversityOfMacau #EuropeanStudies #InternationalRelations

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 20

A Special thanks to Prof. Weiqing Song and all speakers for an inspiring event and thought-provoking dialogue.

👉 Check out the photos to read more about Thomas’ contributions and the conference!

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 20

On May 17, 2025, @thomasdiezrottenburg joined the Jean Monnet Chair Conference “China, European Union, and New Dynamics of Great Power Politics” at the University of Macau.

His key message: “If the EU wants to be a great power, it cannot forget its normative power ambitions.”

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 19

Thank you Dagmar for your engaging contribution!
#GlobalSecurity #SecurityStudies #CriticalInfrastructures #InfrastructuresAndSecurity #InternationalRelations #Geopolitics #PeaceAndSecurity #GuestLecture #DiscoursesOfSecurity

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 19

On Wednesday, February 15, 2025, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dagmar Vorlíček as a guest in our Discourses of Security lecture.

She shared insightful perspectives on a topic that's often overlooked in security discussions: Infrastructures and Global Security 🌍

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 14

Yesterday, Tuesday 13 May, Gabi Schlag shared here thoughts on why diplomatic negotiations on conflicts between states seem to be failing more and more frequently nowadays. Read more about the event at Volkshochschule in the pictures below!

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 9

Dr. Juliana Tappe Ortiz is the new postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Tübingen. She is currently working on gender relations in conflicts, with a particular focus on the mobilization of women in religious groups in Colombia and Mexico.

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 9

The talk explored how gender, personal experiences of violence, and attitudes toward gender equity influence these perceptions, offering valuable insight into the risks faced by women activists.

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 9

As part of the Institutskolloquium series at the Institute of Political Science (IfP), Dr. Dr. Juliana Tappe Ortiz presented her lecture "Women under threat: perceptions of women's activism in Colombia" on May 7th.

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 7

Come join us for our OPEN LECTURE next Tuesday 13 May 2025 – 16:00 c.t. Come to HS2 Neue Aula or join online: zoom.us/j/94786719368 Meeting-ID: 947 8671 9368 Passcode: 341116

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · May 6

We are excited to announce that tomorrow, Wednesday, May 7, at 4pm c.t., our new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Juliana @tappeortiz.bsky.social , will join us for the IfP Departmental Seminar! She will discuss “Women under Threat in Armed Conflicts” to ask how safe social activism in Columbia is.

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Apr 24

@thomasdiez.bsky.social and Andrey Makarychev supervised the thesis.

Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Apr 24

Maximilian argues that Transnistria and Abkhazia, as two examples of non-recognized secessionist entities in the post-Soviet space, are not simply puppets of the Russian government but possess their own bargaining power, even if this is limited.

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Apr 24

Congratulations to Maximilian Ohle on successfully defending his PhD Thesis! 🎉

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Mar 25

❗Elgar Encyclopedia of International Relations, to which both Thomas Diez and gabi schlag has contributed with their chapters on Post-structuralism and Body, respectively, is out!

🧾 doi.org/10.4337/9781... for "Post-structuralism"
🧾 doi.org/10.4337/9781... for "Body"

137: Post-structuralism

Post-structuralist analyses in International Relations (IR) focus on the discursive construction of core concepts such as anarchy and sovereignty. They draw on the work of French philosophers such as ...

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Mar 24

❗OPEN ACCESS article by Dr Gabi Schlag! In a time when NATO is under strain, Dr Gabi Schlag’s article offers a compelling look at how the alliance has crafted its identity constructions through two vignettes of NATO’s public (visual) diplomacy and strategic communication.

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The look of NATO: Comparing visual representations of military force and alliance identity in 1984 and 2021 | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core

The look of NATO: Comparing visual representations of military force and alliance identity in 1984 and 2021

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Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research @iratut.bsky.social · Mar 21

Click here to read the article: www.swp.de/lokales/tueb...

Tübinger Friedensforscher über Ukraine-Konflikt und Trump: „Selbst wenn Putin diesen Krieg gewinnt, hat er verloren“

Was sind die Voraussetzungen für Frieden in der Ukraine? Und was muss Europa tun, um Sicherheit zu wahren, wenn auf die USA kein Verlass mehr ist? Ein Gespräch mit den Tübinger Friedens- und Konfliktf...

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