The Munich Security Conference 2026 was shaped by competing tales about the state of the rules-based international order. In some accounts, the order is damaged or entirely broken; in others, it is being overhauled. But while interpretations differed, the responses converged around two types of urgent efforts: building better bulwarks in defense of cherished values and rules, especially on the European continent, and exploring new coalitions to fill at least some of the global governance gaps. Against this backdrop, our #MSC2026 Debrief, written by Sophie Eisentraut and Randolf Carr, distills four key insights that shaped this year’s debates, and sum up the most important debates from three busy conference days. 👉 You can find them summarized below—or read the full Debrief on our website: https://lnkd.in/g45mkdTu
At present, it seems as though the common good is being defined "a priori", and it appears that the pluralistic idea and the model of determining the common good "a posteriori" are being pursued less and less. While politicians quarrel over the new world order, citizens are gradually withdrawing, as the major institutions and organizations are becoming increasingly intangible to them.
A lot more need is demanded from the Europe and Europe is giving and resdy to give more but other side is still not happy despite taking 99% of cake leaving 🍰 a bite for 99% alliance.
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1moThank you for th summary of the debates in Munich. The conference addressed some “elephants”: the erosion of the rules-based order, transatlantic divergence, Europe’s defence capacity, and Ukraine. Yet from a systemic perspective, some "black elephants" remain: a) Security today is not only about strengthening bulwarks — it is also about reducing the structural drivers of instability, analysing the reasons and eliminating those. b) Security is not only about defending borders - but also about protecting people. At all sides. c) Security is not only about military deterrence — but also about human security challenges, like human trafficking and child exploitation. In the 21st century, resilience is not purely military — it is human and systemic.