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Lasting Solutions to Fragility Depend on Peacebuilding
December 2025
Stockholm
SIPRI, GIZ and ISS
This policy brief is based on the proceedings of a workshop organized jointly by the SIPRI, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and the World Bank on ‘Integrated Security 2.0: Taking the Stab out of Stabilization’ at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development in May 2025 and an earlier think-piece document published by SIPRI, ISS and GIZ in January 2025. Click here to read that SIPRI Insights Paper. The document has been put together by experts from all four organizations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)/EDITORS
Hendrik Bursee is Senior Programme Officer and Advisor in the Security, Rule of Law and Gender Team at the German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ) and GIZ Cooperation Manager for the Munich Security Conference.
Dr Markus Mayer is the Head of the Crisis Response and Peacebuilding Unit at the German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ). For over 20 years he has worked on issues related to poverty and economic dimensions of conflict, including peace process management and business for peace interventions in fragile settings.
Ottilia Maunganidze is Head of Special Projects, Office of the Executive Director at the Institute for Security Studies
Xhanti Mhlambiso is a Researcher on Rule of Law & Accountability with the Institute for Security Studies Special Projects.
Dr Dylan O’Driscoll is an Associate Senior Fellow in the SIPRI Middle East and North Africa Programme.
Dr Florian Krampe is the Director of Studies, Peace and Development, at SIPRI.
Dr Gary Milante is an Associate Senior Researcher.
Lindsey Paul Jones is a Senior Climate Change Specialist in the FCV Group and the Focal Point on Climate and FCV at the World Bank.