reflections of a peace researcher who in no way claims to be a Ukraine or Russia specialist.

PODCAST's

Meeting point: The Austrian peace researcher Werner Wintersteiner in an interview with RAI Bozen (January 25, 2023) http://www.raibz.rai.it/de/index.php?media=Pra1674648900

Thoughts: Werner Wintersteiner – strengthening the voices of peace (ORF Ö1, December 11, 2022) https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20221211/701839/Werner-Wintersteiner-die-Stimmen-des-Friedens-staerken

Lecture No Peace in Ukraine (Salzburg, September 29, 2022) http://www.friedensbuero.at/veranstaltungen/kein-frieden-in-der-ukraine/

The Ukraine war from the perspective of peace researcher Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Werner Wintersteiner (Radio Agora, April 2022)
https://www.agora.at/sendungen-oddaje/detail/which/e-vedno-i-noch-immer-sturm

VIDEOS

Percorsi di Pace in Alpe Adria. Virtual meeting with Italian peace forces in Ukraine and peace activists from Italy, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. (October 2, 2023) Video (Italian) “PERCORSI DI PACE IN ALPE ADRIA”; written summary minutes (also in Italian).

VIPR – Varna Peace Institute. Edgar Morin – Background, Complexity & Contradictions of the Ukraine War (Interview with Werner Wintersteiner) September 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-TeqZGh9E 

Prebujanje mirovnega gibanja? | Risvegliare il movement per la pace? (forum April 17, 2023, whether 18. uri v sejni dvorani Pretorske palače v Kopru, Slovenija). Interventions in English, Italian and Slovenian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBP5yuOL3Ac

Edgar Morin: From War to War (book presentation, April 20, 2023, IIP Vienna) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAAGbkqHw8&ab_channel=IIPVienna 

Ways out of the war in Ukraine (April 2022)
https://www.ewigkeitsgasse.at/friedenssuche.html or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwkZ7cC2Asc

Youtube channel of the International magazine: Independence of Ukraine yesterday & today. Conversation with Prof. Dahmer and Prof. Wintersteiner (March 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRYCCjXweI

TEXTS 

Nonviolent resistance in Ukraine against the Russian invasion. In: Spectrum of Mediation, Issue 92, Q2 2023, 27-29. ISSN 1869-6708. https://www.psychosozial-verlag.de/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?inc_subcat=1&keywords=wintersteiner&categories_id=4134&x=0&y=0

Thinking global crises together in peace studies. CPD Policy Blog, June 23, 2023. https://policyblog.empowermentforpeace.org/2023/06/globale-krisen-friedenswissenschaftlich-zusammendenken/

Peace movements made visible. Thoughtful things about the Vienna Peace Summit. Wiener Zeitung, June 21, 2023  https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2193012-Friedensbewegungen-sichtbar-gemacht.html

"Down with your arms!" On the occasion of Bertha von Suttner's 180th birthday. Wiener Zeitung, June 9, 2023 https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2191674-Die-Waffen-nieder.html

Some Reflections on a Just Peace in the Russian-Ukrainian War (June 2023) Some Thoughts on the Russian-Ukrainian War https://www.peacevienna.org/

To assess the Chinese 12-point plan for the Russo-Ukrainian war. (Blog, March 8, 2023) https://walteroetsch.at/der-china-plan/

If you want peace, prepare peace. (Wiener Zeitung, February 23, 2023) https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2179183-Wer-den-Frieden-will-bereite-den-Frieden-vor.html

In search of the lost peace. Irritations, questions, hopes after a year of Russian-Ukrainian war. In: Volksstimme Issue 1 (January-February)/2023. https://www.volksstimme.at/index.php/blog/item/644-die-neue-jaenner-februar-volksstimme-2023-ist-da.html

Instead of threatening nuclear weapons, nuclear arsenals should be dismantled. (08/01/2022)
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2156672-Dramatische-Gesten-in-einer-dramatischen-Situation.html

The underestimated resistance. The role of nonviolent action the way to peace. (Lifestyle. The magazine for sustainable living culture 3/2022) https://www.lebensart.at/der-unterschaetzte-widerstand

Focus on the peace goals. The logic of peace and non-violence in the Ukraine war. In: Crane. Newspaper of the Salzburg Peace Office, Summer 2/2022, 6-7. http://www.friedensbuero.at/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2202-kranich-digital.pdf

Peace policy under scrutiny. Thinking about the Ukraine war. In: Heinz Gärtner (ed.): The Ukraine at War. Is peace possible? Vienna: Lit 2022, 267-281. ISBN 978-3-643-51116-4. https://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51116-4

fight without violence. In conversation with Lisa Maria Langhofer (KirchenZeitung of the Diocese of Linz, May 19, 2022)
https://www.kirchenzeitung.at/site/themen/gesellschaftsoziales/kaempfen-ohne-gewalt

Ukrainian Pacifists: War is a crime against humanity (War Resisters International, May 13, 2022)
https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2022/ukrainian-pacifists-war-crime-against-humanity

"War is a crime against humanity". The voice of the Ukrainian pacifists
https://www.lebenshaus-alb.de/magazin/014216.html

Upgrade Peace Logic (Die Furche 16, 4/21/2022) https://www.furche.at/politik/pazifismus-in-kriegszeiten-die-friedenslogik-aufruesten-8254176

Heinz Gärtner/Max Haller/Werner Wintersteiner (April 20, 2022) https://www.diepresse.com/6128272/waffenstillstand-in-der-ukraine

steps towards peace. Five Proposals for the War Against Ukraine (Science & Peace II/2022) https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/ausgabe/2022-2-kriegerische-verhaeltnisse/

The military option is not without alternatives for Ukraine. All direct and indirect conflict parties must push for a negotiated solution. (14. 4. 2022) https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2143849-Der-unterschaetzte-gewaltfreie-Widerstand.html (14.4. 2022)

The underestimated resistance. Nonviolent Actions in Ukraine – An Overview. (4/4/2022) https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/blog/meinungen-und-positionen/der-unterschaetzte-widerstand-ein-ueberblick/

Madness and its methods. Reflecting on the Ukraine War (International II/2022) https://international.or.at/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/International_2_2022-Wintersteiner-1.pdf

Five questions about the war in Ukraine (forum ZSO 1/2022, marec 2022, 11) https://zso.slo.at/sl/14133/forum-zso 

Ten points on Ukraine from a peace policy perspective (March 4, 2022) https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/ten-points-on-ukraine-from-a-peace-policy-perspective/

De-escalation, ceasefire, peace-seeking (3/1/2022)  https://policyblog.uni-graz.at/2022/03/deeskalation-waffenstillstand-friedenssuche/

Eight points on the attack on Ukraine from a peace policy perspective. https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2139002-Frieden-ist-die-einzige-Option.html (25. 2. 2022)

 2023

NeFKÖ Meeting 2023: Current debates on peace and conflict | cba – cultural broadcasting archive (fro.at),

Radio Orange 94.0 in the Wuk-Radio series (May 2023) https://cba.fro.at/620820

Inside Peace Center - The relevance of peace education in Schlaining and globally. Ursula Gamauf-Eberhardt in conversation with Professor Uli Jäger and Professor Werner Wintersteiner (spring 2022) https://www.aspr.ac.at/podcast#/ 

Where does the path lead? Came gre pot? Quale meta di viaggio? Dialogic remembering in educational practice - a conversation with Werner Wintersteiner by Walter Wratschko. (February 2022) https://cba.fro.at/543505

Book presentation by Promedia Verlag: Edgar Morin: “Heimatland Erde”. Conversation between Werner Wintersteiner and Martin Birkner, moderated by Stefan Kraft. (Vienna, October 24, 2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mRGgx7b59E

thinking helps. Episode 9: Do We Need Planetary Politics? (Walter Ötsch in conversation with Werner Wintersteiner, March 15, 2023) https://www.dorftv.at/video/41889

In search of the lost peace. (Lecture in Linz, March 14, 2023) https://www.dorftv.at/video/41869

The war against Ukraine and media coverage. (Podium Press Club Concordia, January 24, 2023) https://www.dorftv.at/video/41620

How peace succeeds and what courage has to do with it - IMPULSTALK: Peace researcher Werner Wintersteiner in conversation with Stefanie Gründl. (September 2022)  https://youtu.be/Ed_ZYl0jsuY

Interview “Antidogmatic Peace Research” (April 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIIpCeWFPG4                                      VIPR Varna Peace Institute, Josef Mühlbauer

Learn to rethink the world. In conversation (March 2022) https://www.idealismprevails.at/die-welt-neu-denken-lernen-werner-wintersteiner/

When, if not now? Peace education – a fundamental and highly topical educational task. https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Friedensbildung_Wintersteiner.pdf 

Speech on the planting of the persimmon tree from Nagasaki in Villach on June 20, 2023. https://erinnernvillach.com/werner-wintersteiner-rede-zur-pflanzung-des-kaki-baums-in-villach-am-20-juni-2023/

Peace Republic of Austria in the homeland of Earth. In: International 1/2023, 5-7. ISSN 1010-9285. https://international.or.at/

Education for the challenges of today's world. The "Dublin Declaration" can trigger a long overdue reform process. (11/08/2022) https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2167232-Bildung-fuer-die-Herausforderungen-der-heutigen-Welt.html 

In Praise of “Coffee Boro” (July 2022) (Coffee Boro – PDF)