Peace – a mural by street artist Laika. The artist has created two twin posters, posted near the Russian and Ukrainian embassies in Rome.
Image Credit: Picture Alliance / ZUMA Press / Marilla Sicilia
Eighty Years after the End of World War Two
How Do Wars Finally Come to an End?
May 8, 1945, was the end of the Second World War in Europe. Now, eighty years later, how is peace negotiated? What is necessary to ensure long-term peace? What role do politicians and other political players have in peacemaking? And what influence do the peacemaking policies and strategies of the past have on today’s conflicts?
Experts from a variety of fields – from history and political science to conflict studies and area studies – share their perspectives on the legacy of peace from the First World War to today.
The original series is part of the recent Tagesspiegel supplement. You can read it here in German.
