Munich Security Report

The Munich Security Report is published annually before the Munich Security Conference in February. The report contains exclusive data and graphics on current security policy issues, compiled in cooperation with renowned partner institutions of the MSC. The Munich Security Report serves as a basis for discussion at the conference in Munich.

Munich Security Report 2025

“Multipolarization” is now available.

Munich Security Report 2025
Whether the world is already multipolar, or will ever be, is debatable, but the world’s “multipolarization” is a fact: On the one hand, power is shifting toward a larger number of actors who…
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Munich Security Report 2024
Amid growing geopolitical tensions and rising economic uncertainty, many governments are no longer focusing on the absolute benefits provided by the international order and global…
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Munich Security Report 2023
By invading Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the clash of competing visions a brutal and deathly reality. The Munich Security Report 2023 explores intensifying…
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Munich Security Report 2022
The MSR 2022 explores the emergence of a sense of "collective helplessness" in the face of a plethora of global challenges and stimulates the debate on how it can best be overcome.
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Munich Security Report 2021
The world’s liberal democracies are facing renewed competition with autocratic systems of rule. The Munich Security Report 2021, which was published ahead of the G7 and NATO summits,…
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Munich Security Report 2020
Is the world becoming less Western? Is the West itself becoming less Western, too? What does it mean for the world if the West leaves the stage to others? What could a joint Western strategy…
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Munich Security Report 2019
The Munich Security Report 2019 analyzes the reshuffling of core pieces of the international order. Besides looking at major powers like the United States, China and Russia, the report also…
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Munich Security Report 2018
With data, analyses, maps and infographics, the Munich Security Report 2018 provides an overview of the most important security policy issues prior to the 54th Munich Security Conference. It…
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Munich Security Report 2017
The Munich Security Report 2017 analyses the crisis of liberal democracies, the current state of European defence policy, and other issues relevant to security policy. The report was…
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Munich Security Report 2016
The Munich Security Report 2016, published before the 52nd Munich Security Conference, focuses on the crisis of the European security order, the war in Syria, and the worldwide activities of…
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Munich Security Report 2015
Ahead of the Munich Security Conference's 51st edition, the MSC published its first Munich Security Report (MSR), an annual digest on critical questions and important trends in international…
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Munich Security Index

Since 2021, the Munich Security Index (MSI) is an integral part of the Munich Security Report. The MSI provides an in-depth view of how G7 and BRICS countries view risk and monitors closely how risk perceptions in core countries evolve.

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