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Armed conflicts resulting from a broken social contract are protracted, intricate, and often systemic. When they finally end, negotiations alone do not eliminate the underlying causes of violence. In the past, many negotiated solutions failed because the driving forces of political and social violence persisted, and negotiations did not result in a genuine peace process. Against this background, dialogue and mediation approaches are gaining support for the goal of bringing lasting peace to intra-state conflicts. They too have their pitfalls, if considered the better alternative without reflection. For the peace process in Afghanistan, the comparative analysis of the three approaches of negotiation, dialogue and mediation is above all a case for wise linkage.

The European peace and security order is facing an existential crisis. Its value anchors - democracy, collaboration and integration - are at stake and may seriously weaken due to increasing tendencies of fragmentation and re-nationalization. Such risks are high, because of the weakening of the European Union, an emerging new Cold War, and the erosion of the European arms control regime. However, the current crisis may also result in renewed awareness that more preserving and building of regimes are needed, as well as attainable if collaborative patterns prevail.

Dealing with the Kurdish issue is a litmus test for the future stability and role of Turkey. During their neighborhood sinking into bloody battles and dissolve governmental structures in parts of Syria and Iraq, the Kurds sense a historic opportunity to realize their dream of national self-determination. As allies of the West against the IS Learn unparalleled support. Confident they offer help with the stabilization of the region, at the same time nourishes the suspicion in Turkey and Iran. The subject informs about the history and possible prospects of Turkish-Kurdish peace process and provides an insight into the views and plans of Kurdish actors. Adapted from the source document.

At present, forty wars & armed conflicts are raging in the world. Most of these hot spots are given a minor role in the media & are lost on the public: they are forgotten. The author discusses the reasons for this detachment: clearly & critically, pointed & provocative. Adapted from the source document.

Nationale Volksarmee (NVA). Examines labor market and economic implications of the disintegration of the former East German armed forces; case study of Mecklenburg-Pomerania.