Mission Statement
The Middle East has remained a key area for long-standing conflicts that continue to command international attention, including ongoing civil wars in Yemen, Libya, and Syria, violent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and the enduring Israel-Palestine conflict. Despite considerable international pressure to promote peace, negotiations, and conflict resolution, the region continues to face deadly and deep-rooted strife.
The IIP believes that an end to conflict in the regions demands new ideas, engagement between opposing parties, and international support and solidarity. To this end, the IIP focuses in particular on the Israel-Palestine conflict and aims to promote mediation and discussion as a means to achieve a peaceful resolution to the conflict. In addition, the IIP focuses extensively on Iran and nuclear proliferation, including the nuclear arms agreement between Iran and the PS5+1. The IIP also devotes considerable attention to the ongoing conflicts and political turbulence in Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria. Through public panels, private discussions, and trips to the region, the IIP strives to boost understanding among all parties and promote non-violent means to resolve the many long-standing conflicts across the region.
Projects and activities:
2024
February 29 | CHAOS IN THE MIDDLE EAST - IS THERE A WAY OUT?🗞️
February 7 | GAZA: AUCH JETZT ÜBER FRIEDEN REDEN🗞️
January 11 | ANTISEMITISMUS UND DER GAZA KRIEG 🗞️
2023
November 21 | Israel and Palestine - Is there a Chance for Peace? 🗞️
November 14 | Mahnwache in Stille für Frieden in Israel und Palästina
October 20 | Offene Wunden - Bluten immer wieder … 🗞️
September 26 | Iran – Saudi Arabia Rapprochement: Diplomacy as it should be! 🎬
September 5 | U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf - Heinz Gärtner 🎬
September 4 | The BRICS Empowered? 🗞️
August 21 | WOHIN TREIBT’S EUROPA - Teil 4: Europa und das Mittelmeer 🗞️
August 11 | WOHIN TREIBT‘S EUROPA? - Teil 2: Europa und der Rest 🗞️
May 2 | Überlebt Erdogan, der große Jongleur die Wahlen? 🗞️
April 20 | Israel - 75 Jahre nach seiner Gründung 🗞️
February 24 | What future for the European Peace and Security Communities? 🎬
February 17 | What would be the consequences of a revolution in Iran? 🎬
2022
December 15 | Die iranischen Frauen und die unvollendete Revolution 🗞️
November 29 | Conference: The New Black Sea - How the War in Ukraine is Reshaping the Region
October 5 | Iran’s protest movement: an intensifying potential for change 🗞️
April 26 | Sebnem Udum on Turkey's foreign and security policy 🗞️
January 5 | 2022: Das Jahr der drei Kriege? 🗞️
2021
December 4 | Peace, geopolitics and nuclear proliferation in the Middle East 🎬
July 6 | Will the negotiations on the Iran Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA) in Vienna be successful? 🎬
May 31 | [TALKING GEOPOLITICS] With Prof. Heinz Gaertner On Iran Nuclear Deal And The West 🗞️
May 15 | Die Trump-Netanjahu Pläne sind gescheitert 🗞️
May 14 | Heinz Gärtner zu Raketenangriffen auf Israel 🗞️
May 13 | ISRAEL/PALÄSTINA: WIEDER DREHT SICH DIE GEWALTSPIRALE 🗞️
March 19 | 10 YEARS WAR IN SYRIA - IS A POLITICAL NEWROZ POSSIBLE? 🗞️
March 1 | ANTISEMITISM, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE 🗞️
February 22 | The Middle East: Is there light at the end of the Long Corridor? 🗞️
January 21 | 25 January 2011: THE ARAB REVOLUTION TAKES SPEED BEFORE IT FAILS 🗞️
January 5 | Normalization and the balance of power in the Middle East 🗞️
2020
December 30 | Normalization and the balance of power in the Middle East 🗞️
December 17 | Startschuss für den Arabischen Frühling 🗞️
December 3 | What does Biden’s presidency mean for the World and Iran? 🗞️
November 30 | Die Gefährlichkeit einer „lahmen Ente” 🗞️
November 4 | Rabin’s legacy 25 years after his death 🗞️
October 20 | Iran - Austria Dialogue
September 22 | Lebanon: A failed State?
September 3 | Türkei: EU-Kandidat, Partner und Gegner
August 31 | New Chance for Peace or Stabilization of Conflicts?
July 7 | Annexion: Ja - Nein -Später? Hat Palästina noch eine Chance?
June 10 | Iran - Ein Land im Wandel?
May 27 | Ankaras Sturmreiter fegen über Libyen - Markus Reisner für zenith 🗞️
May 18 | Israel, Europa und der Antisemitismus
May 12 | The Middle East 75 Years After World War II
April 23 | Israel, Covid-19, and the Middle East: An Interview with Ofer Zalzberg
March 30 | The US, Iran, and Israel: Missed Chances for a New Middle East
March 24 | Den Atomdeal mit Iran durch ein erweitertes Gesprächsformat retten 🗞️
March 4 | Israel: Another Green Light for Annexation
February 26 | After the Elections in Iran
February 25 | Peace in Afghanistan
February 24 | How the Iran deal can be saved 🗞️
January 30 | Iran in the International System: Between Great Powers and Great Ideas
January 29 | Another Blow to Peace in the Middle East? A First Reaction to Trump’s “Peace Plan”
January 10 | Naher Osten: Was tun gegen die zunehmende Gewalt?
January 10 | The Iran Crisis and How We Got There: An Interview with Prof. Heinz Gärtner
2019
October 21 | Sunniten gegen Schiiten: Zur Konstruktion eines Glaubenskrieges
October 21 | Middle East WMD-free Zone: View from Egypt
April 11 | Bibi the King - A leader of the global right wing
March 21 | A State for All - Israel and Palestine 2019
March 4 | Israel - on the way to peace or to war?
June 5 | Call against a New War in the Middle East
January 29 | Short Interviews: Geopolitics in the Middle East
2018
December 18 | Lebanon and a Future of Syria
November 19 | Lectures in Tehran: Heinz Gärtner
October 23 | Report & Video: Turbulences in the Middle East are Here to Stay
April 27 | Israel and Palestine - a binational state or two states for two nations
April 3 | Golf: Nuklearwaffenfreie Zonen und Rüstungskontrolle statt Nuklearwaffen und Krieg
2016
February 2 | The Middle East: Revitalized Fault Lines and Conflicts