June 5, 2025 / 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm /

In 2025, we will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Locarno Treaties, which raised hopes for peace in Europe after the First World War. Co-designed by Gustav Stresemann, they brought him international recognition and, together with his French colleague Aristide Briand, the Nobel Peace Prize. 
In October 1925, representatives of seven nations met in Locarno. The goal: a stable European peace system. The means: the renunciation of violent border changes, an international commission for peaceful conflict resolution and the admission of Germany to the League of Nations.
But the dream of peace was short-lived: Hitler occupied the demilitarized Rhineland in 1936 and the Second World War began in 1939. And today, when war is once again raging on European soil, the question arises once again: what can we learn from the peace processes of that time, from their successes and mistakes? How can we promote cooperation? How can we create sustainable peace - in Europe and worldwide?

Partners of this event are the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies at the University of Bonn (CASSIS), the Ernst-Robert-Curtius Center at the University of Bonn (CERC) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF).

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Dr. Hendrik Ohnesorge
Managing Director of the Center for Global Studies at the University of Bonn (CGS)